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TITLE:<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Trilingual decree of the priests gathered in Canopus in honour of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Berenice (1st<\/sup> version)
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DATE:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
March 7th<\/sup>, 238 BC
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ACTUAL LOCATION:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The Cairo Museum (place of discovery: Memphis, Egypt)
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LINK:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
(1)<\/a>\u00a0
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TEXT:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
BAGNALL, R. S.; P. Derow (1981): Greek historical documents: the Hellenistic period<\/em>, Chico, pp. 222-226\u00a0

DITTENBERG, W. (1903): Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae<\/em>. Vol. 1, Leipzig, pp. 91-110\u00a0

KAMAL A. BEN (1904): Catalogue g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des antiquit\u00e9s \u00e9gyptiennes du Mus\u00e9e du Caire\u00a0: St\u00e8les ptol\u00e9ma\u00efques et romaines<\/em>, nos. 22001-22208<\/em>, El Cairo, pp. 59-61

MICHEL, Ch. (1900): Recueil d\u2019inscriptions grecques<\/em>, Bruxelles, pp. 415-420

MILNE, J. G. (1905): Catalogue g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des antiquit\u00e9s \u00e9gyptiennes du Mus\u00e9e du Caire: Greek inscriptions<\/em>, Oxford, pp. 1-5

PREISIGKE, F.; F. BILABEL; E. KIESSLING; H.-A. RUPPRECHT (1950): Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus \u00c4gypten<\/em>, Band 5, Nr. 7515-8963, Heidelberg, n. 8858

STRACK, M. L. (1897): Die Dynastie der Ptolem\u00e4er<\/em>, Berlin, pp. 227-232

VANDONI, M. (1964): Feste pubbliche e private nei documenti greci<\/em>, Milano, 1964, pp. 7-14
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EDITIONS<\/strong>\/TRANSLATIONS:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MILLER, E. (1902): D\u00e9couvert d\u2019un novel exemplaire du d\u00e9cret de Canope<\/em>, Journal de Savants, pp.214-222.

BERNAND, A. (1992): La prose sur pierre dans l\u2019\u00c9gypte hell\u00e9nistique et romaine, I. textes et traductions<\/em>, Paris, pp. 23-27
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KEYWORDS:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Word used to mean procession<\/strong>:<\/td><\/tr>
\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 (ll. 47-48)
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Word used to mean the cult images:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\u1f04\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 (l. 49)
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Gods or other entities named:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Berenice (l. 47)
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Description of the cult images:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The statue is made of gold and adorned with stones (l. 49); with a different tiara from the one on the statue of Berenice’s mother (ll. 51-52); with a scepter in the shape of papyrus (ll. 52-53)
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Procession\u2019s route:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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Frequency with which the procession takes place:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
To all the \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 and \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03b3\u03cd\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 of the other gods (ll. 50-51)
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Performers:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\u1f41 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 (l. 50), the priests in charge of dressing the statues (\u03bf\u1f31 \u1f31\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u1ff6\u03bd l. 50)
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References to the public attending the procession:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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Rites related to the procession:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
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Allusions to conduct or forms of reverence:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The statue is to be honored (\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9) and worshipped \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03c5\u03bd\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9) by all under the name of Queen Berenice (l. 51)
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Other remarkable elements<\/strong>:<\/td><\/tr>
the priests carry the statue in their arms (l. 50)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
LEGRAS, B. (2004): \u201cLa r\u00e9forme du calendrier sous Ptol\u00e9m\u00e9e III: l’av\u00e8nement d’un \u00ab \u00e2ge d’or \u00bb ?\u201d. In: C.
Auliard, L. Bodiou (eds.), Au jardin des Hesp\u00e9rides: histoire, soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et \u00e9pigraphie des mondes anciens : m\u00e9langes offerts \u00e0 Alain Tranoy<\/em>, Rennes, pp. 191-206

PFEIFFER, S. (2004): Das Dekret von Kanopos (238 v. CHR)<\/em>, M\u00fcnchen<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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