Nubayrah Stele
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The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) on a limestone stele; the same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone
. From 1848, it was known that a partial copy of the Decree was on a wall at the Temple of Philae
, but overwritten in many places, by scenes, or damaged.
The limestone stele is rounded at the top, is 4ft 2in high, and 1ft 8in wide.' The Nubayrah Stele is named for the present day town of Noubarya
-(?) on the former Canopic branch of the Nile River; the town is southwest of Damanhur
. The original "Nubayrah" was close to Damanhur.
The Nubayrah Stele is located in the Egyptian Museum
, no. 5576.
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...
. From 1848, it was known that a partial copy of the Decree was on a wall at the Temple of Philae
Philae
Philae is an island in the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt...
, but overwritten in many places, by scenes, or damaged.
The limestone stele is rounded at the top, is 4ft 2in high, and 1ft 8in wide.' The Nubayrah Stele is named for the present day town of Noubarya
Noubarya
Noubarya is a town in Egypt, approximately 100 miles north of Cairo.The settlement was founded in 1987 as part of an irrigation scheme using water from the Nile....
-(?) on the former Canopic branch of the Nile River; the town is southwest of Damanhur
Damanhur
Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cairo, and E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta....
. The original "Nubayrah" was close to Damanhur.
The Nubayrah Stele is located in the Egyptian Museum
Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms....
, no. 5576.
Publication history
The hieroglyph text was published, in the 1800's and early 1900's in five resources:-
- Urbain BouriantUrbain BouriantUrbain Bouriant was a French Egyptologist, who discovered the Gospel of Peter in a tomb at Akhmim. He is best known from his translation of Al-Maqrizi, published as Description topographique et historique de l'Egypte...
, "La stèle 5576 du Musée du Boulaq-(now Egyptian MuseumEgyptian MuseumThe Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms....
) et L'inscription de Rosette", in Recueil de travaux, Paris, 1885, vol vi, pp 1-20. - Baillet, Le décret de Memphis et les inscriptiones de Rosette et de Damanhour, Paris, 1905.
- Ahmed Kamal (Egyptologist)Ahmed Kamal (Egyptologist)- Research :He trained under the German Egyptologist Heinrich Brugsch.He was a curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and a staff member of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
, Catalogue générale des antiquités égyptiennes, No. 22188, with photographic reproduction. - Kurt Heinrich SetheKurt Heinrich SetheKurt Heinrich Sethe was a noted German Egyptologist and philologist from Berlin. He was a student of Adolf Erman...
, Urkunden, iv, p. 169. (best and complete transcripts) - Spiegelberg, Kanopus und Memphis (Rosettan), Heidelberg, 1922. (best and complete transcripts)
- Urbain Bouriant
See also
- Ptolemaic DecreesPtolemaic DecreesThe Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC, issued these series of decrees over the course of their reign. The Rosetta Stone is a well-known example of one of the decrees....
- Rosetta Stone Decree-list of Ptolemy V accomplishments and rewards honoredRosetta Stone Decree-list of Ptolemy V accomplishments and rewards honoredThe Decree of Memphis is the third Memphis decree, the first being for his grandfather Ptolemy III , and the second being, Decree of Memphis...