ABSTRACT
The Demotic text, it is true, follows the hieroglyphic version in point of order on the Stone, but there is every reason for assuming that it holds the chief place of honour. It is known that stelae of the shape and form of the Rosetta Stone were in the G-raeco-Roman Period mounted upon a pedestal, which was provided with one or more steps, and it is not, therefore, unreasonable to assume that the base of the Stone was raised to a height of eighteen inches or two feet above the floor of the temple. The English rendering of the Demotic text which follows remarks is based upon the running German translation by Dr. Hess, and it may be said to give the general meaning of the version. The Decree of Memphis says explicitly that the priests of all the temples of Egypt were assembled to celebrate the festival of the coronation of Ptolemy V.
