The Nubayrah Stele is a mutilated copy of the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) on a limestone stele. The same decree is found upon the Rosetta Stone. From 1848, it was known that a partial copy of the Decree was on a wall at the Temple of Philae, but overwritten in many places, by scenes, or damaged.
| Nubayrah Stele | |
|---|---|
.png) Combined image of two photographic plates depicting the Nubayrah stele from Ahmed Kamal's catalogue | |
| Material | Limestone |
| Size | 1.27 m x 0.51 m |
| Writing | Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs |
The limestone stele is rounded at the top, is 4 feet 2 inches (1.27 m) high, and 1 foot 8 inches (0.51 m) wide.'[1] The Nubayrah Stele is named for the present day town of Noubarya-(?) on the former Canopic branch of the Nile River; the town is southwest of Damanhur. The original "Nubayrah" was close to Damanhur.[2]
The Nubayrah Stele is located in the Egyptian Museum, no. 5576.[3]
Publication history
editThe hieroglyph text was published, in the 1800s and early 1900s in five resources:[4]
- Urbain Bouriant, "La stèle 5576 du Musée du Boulaq-(now Egyptian Museum) et L'inscription de Rosette", in Recueil de travaux, Paris, 1885, vol vi, pp 1-20.
- Baillet, Le décret de Memphis et les inscriptiones de Rosette et de Damanhour, Paris, 1905.
- Ahmed Kamal (Egyptologist), Catalogue générale des antiquités égyptiennes, No. 22188, with photographic reproduction.
- Kurt Heinrich Sethe, Urkunden, iv, p. 169. (best and complete transcripts)
- Spiegelberg, Kanopus und Memphis (Rosettan), Heidelberg, 1922. (best and complete transcripts)
See also
editReferences
edit- Budge, 1929, (1989). The Rosetta Stone, E.A.Wallace Budge, (Dover Publications), c 1929, Dover edition(unabridged), 1989. (softcover, ISBN 0-486-26163-8)
- Kamal, Ahmed, Stèles ptolémaiques et romaines, two volumes, Le Caire, 1904–1905, (Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire).