ABSTRACT
King of the South and North, NETERUI-MERUI-[A]TUI-ÄA-SETEP-EN -PTAJ;IUSR-KA-RÄ-AMEN-SEKHEM-ANKH/ son of the Sun, PTUALMIS-ANKH-TCHETTA-PTAI.I-MERI.
PTOLEMY V., surnamed EPIPHANES, was the son of Ptolemy IV., by his sister and wife Arsinoe, He was born B.C. 210, and was made co-regent the following year; he ascended the throne on the death of his father in 205, and died by poison administered by one of his officials in 182. The hieroglyphic inscriptions
of Ptolemy V. give us no information about the circumstances under whieh he came to the throne, and for these and other important matters concerning his reign we have to rely upon the works of classical writers. Aecording to Polybius (xv. 25, Shuckburgh's Translation) three or four days after the death of Ptolemy Philopator Agathocles and Sosibius eaused a platform to be ereeted, and summoned a meeting of the footguards and the household, as well as of the offieers of the infantry and eavalry. l\founting the platform
they announced the deaths of the king and queen, and proclaimed the customary periocl of mourning for the people. They next placed a diadem upon the head of the ehilcl Ptolemy Epiphanes, and proelaimed him king, and read a forged will, in whieh the late king nominated Agathocles and Sosibius guardians of his son, and they exhortecl the officers to be loyal to the boy. They next brought in two silver urns, one of which they declareel contain eel the ashes of the king -whieh was true-s-and the other those of Arsinoä-> which was not true.
