The Decree of Canopus is a trilingual inscription in three scripts, which dates from the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt. It was written in three writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic, and
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the Decree of Canopus, on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt
top portion of the Decree of Canopus, on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt
middle portion of the Decree of Canopus, on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt
The Rosetta Stone decree, or the Decree of Memphis, is a Ptolemaic decree most notable for its bilingual and tri-scriptual nature, which enabled the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Issued by a c
Decree of Canopus
…The Decree of Memphis, for Ptolemy IV in 218 BC; The Memphis Decree (whose best-known copy is the Rosetta Stone), inscribed for Ptolemy V in 196 BC. The inscription touches on subjects such as military campaigns, famine…
The Rosetta Stone on display in the British Museum, London