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Ptolemy V (Ptolemy Epiphanes) (tŏl´əmē ĬpĬf´ənēz), d. 180 BC, king of ancient Egypt (205–180 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy IV. He succeeded to the throne as a small boy, and his reign began with disastrous civil wars. Source for information on Ptolemy V: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
Oct 29, 2020 · Ptolemy V Epiphanes: king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 205 to 180. Portrait of an unidentified Hellenistic ruler. Relatives. Father: Ptolemy IV Philopator. Mother: Arsinoe III. Wife: Cleopatra Syra (daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III) Children: Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes. Main deeds.
Jan 3, 2014 · The Rosetta Stone is an incomplete grey and pink granodiorite stela dating from 196 BCE which presents a priestly decree concerning King Ptolemy V of Egypt. The text is in three different versions: Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek , a fact which immeasurably helped to finally decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics .
Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos ( Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἐπιφανής Εὐχάριστος, Ptolemaĩos Epiphanḗs Eucharistos "Ptolemy the Manifest, the Beneficent"; 9 October 210–September 180 BC) was the King of Ptolemaic Egypt from July or August 204 BC until his death in 180 BC. Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Jul 16, 2021 · It consists of a decree affirming the royal cult of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, an Egyptian king who took the throne in 204 B.C. At the time, the Ptolemaic kingdom was at war and dealing with an...
Jun 5, 2015 · Chapter. Information. The Empire of the Ptolemies , pp. 289 - 327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139940801.010. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2014. First published in: 1895. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.
The inscriptions are three translations of the same decree, passed by a council of priests, that affirms the royal cult of the thirteen-year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation.