Bubastis stone

Egyptology Blogspot ^ | Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | staff

[SunkenCiv]

It shows a royal decree, written in ancient Greek, Demotic and Hieroglyphs. The inscription consists of 67 lines of Greek text and 24 lines of Demotic along with traces of Hieroglyphs outlining the calendar reform and praising Ptolemy. It mentions King Ptolemy III Euergetes I along with the date 238 BC. There is an interesting reference to the king having imported grain from Syria, Phoenicia and Cyprus to alleviate famine in ancient Egypt and the mention a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar which was not in fact actually implemented until some 250 years later under Julius Caesar.

[SunkenCiv]

Joins the Rosetta stone and the Palermo stone.

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[ValerieUSA]

oh

[blam]

"It mentions King Ptolemy III Euergetes I along with the date 238 BC. "

There was a worldwide 'tree-ring' incident in 209BC. (I don't know what the +- is on the tree-rings)

[Blue Champagne]

Interesting stuff - and thanks for the link. I have it bookmarked now.

[prion]

I never actually saw the Rosetta stone in the British museum. I saw a tight knot of Japanese tourists that I was reliably informed contained the Rosetta stone ;)

[Dustbunny]

Interesting !!

[ken21]

that's a good blog.

thanks.

[FreedomFarmer]

You should have visited the museum on the days they play golf ahead of me.

[FreedomFarmer]

You should visit the museum on the days they play golf ahead of me.

[Monkey Face]

I think Velokovsky wrote about that. I will have to check the book. It was something that lasted for several years, anyway.