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Greek texts were incised on this granite stela. It documents a royal visit to Elephantine. Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra III, his mother and co-regent, granted privileges to the priests of Khnum, a local ram god. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions on the stela, but the main text is in Greek, the official tongue under the Ptolemies. Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy IX, 115 BCE. From Aswan, presumably from Elephantine, temple of Khnum, Egypt. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, July 26). Detail of Stela of Ptolemy IX & Cleopatra III. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5361/detail-of-stela-of-ptolemy-ix--cleopatra-iii/
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