The Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) is the 2nd block stone, memorial stone of the "Rosetta Stone Series", inscribed in three Writing systems. It is a Bilingual, in Egyptian and Greek, and is from the reign of Ptolemy IV, Philopater, about (?)218 B.C.E. Jump to: navigation, search A writing system, also called a script, is a type of symbolic system used to represent elements or statements expressible in language. ... The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 BC), son of Ptolemy III, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began. ...

It is also called the Memphis Stele, or Memphis stone, and appears to occur in Ptolemy IV's military reign. The consequence of studying the three stones, of the "Rosetta Stone Series", would be an insight, into some language developments, but also of the Social, political, priestly, economical(?), and inter-personal intrigues of the ( ~3 )three generation timeframe, the 40 plus years included between, 196 and 238 B.C.E. ( =42 years ), about 2 and 1/2 generations of 'Pharaonic' rule.

The Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV) is on two copies of the decree. A partial is on the stone, (?) the Memphis Stele, and the nearly complete{?}, " Pithom Stele II ".

On the Surface, ... the 3 memorial stones are Similar, with consistant, lengthy, detailed Stories, and are all designed to be the 3 Script Bilinguals, ... AND, to be publicly Erected for Presentation, and Discussion(?) (so All Will Recognize, be COGNIZANT- Rosetta ). That in itself, would yield, the Hypothesis: ( ? ) " The 3- Stone Series, shows an attempt for Stabilty through TIME, and Stability through Eqyptian rule by the Pharaoh. "

See also

• Decree of Canopus (Stone of Canopus), for Ptolemy III.
• Canopus, Egypt
• Rosetta, Egypt, (City of Rashid), and Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V), which is the Rosetta Stone, the Decrees in Series.

The Decree of Canopus (Stone of Canopus) is the memorial Stone inscribed by the Pharaoh, Ptolemy III, Euergetes, in 238 B.C.E. This is the beginning of the discussion of the Rosetta Stone Series stones, with the 2nd stone being the Decree of Memphis, for Ptolemy IV, and the... Ptolemy III Euergetes I, (Ptolemaeus III) (Evergetes, Euergetes) (246 BC-222 BC). ... Canopus (also: Canobus) was an Ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. ... Rosetta is the anglicised name for the city of Rashid, a port city on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, located 65 km east of Alexandria. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Rosetta Stone is a dark granite stone (often incorrectly identified as basalt) with writing on it in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, using three scripts, Hieroglyphic, Demotic Egyptian and Greek. ...

References

• Budge. The Rosetta Stone, Sir E.A.Wallis Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), c 1989.