ABSTRACT
The inscription on the Stele of Canopus is bilingual, that is to say, is written in two languages, viz., in Egyptian and in Greek; the Egyptian portion is written in the Hieroglyphic character and in the Demotic character, and the Greek portion is in uncials. The Decree inscribed on the Stele of Canopus was passed at general Council of Egyptian priests, who assembled at Canopus on the seventh day of the Macedonian month Apellaios. It is corresponded to the seventeenth day of the Egyptian month Tybi, in the ninth year of the reign of Ptolemy III. When the Decree of Canopus was promulgated Apollonides, the son of Moschion, was the priest of Alexander, and of the Brother-gods, and of the Good-doing gods; and Menekrateia, the daughter of Philammon, was the bearer of the basket before Queen Arsinoe. The original language in which the Decree was drawn up was Greek, and the Hieroglyphic and Demotic versions are paraphrastic translations.
