ABSTRACT

The text actually has written them down, give to the singing master, whereof copies inscribed in the sacred books and supplies of food are given to the priests out of the revenues of the temples. They are brought for the whole company of the priests, there shall be given to the daughters of the priests out of the revenues of the temples, reckoning from the day they were born, the subsistence which hath been calculated by the Councillor-Priests in each of the temples. The high-priest, and the sacred scribes in each temple shall inscribe a copy of this decree upon a stele of stone or bronze in the hieroglyphic characters, and in Egyptian and Greek characters, and set it up in the place where it will be most seen in the temples of the first, and second, and third class, that the priests throughout the country in honour the Good-doing Gods, and their children, as is most right.