<P> The stele was erected after the coronation of King Ptolemy V and was inscribed with a decree that established the divine cult of the new ruler . The decree was issued by a congress of priests who gathered at Memphis . The date is given as `` 4 Xandicus '' in the Macedonian calendar and `` 18 Meshir '' in the Egyptian calendar , which corresponds to March 27 , 196 BC . The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V 's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ) , which is confirmed by four priests named who officiated in that same year : Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues , named in turn in the inscription , led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ) , Arsinoe Philadelphos ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) , and Arsinoe Philopator , mother of Ptolemy V. However , a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts , corresponding to 27 November 197 BC , the official anniversary of Ptolemy 's coronation . The inscription in demotic conflicts with this , listing consecutive days in March for the decree and the anniversary . It is uncertain why such discrepancies exist , but it is clear that the decree was issued in 196 BC and that it was designed to re-establish the rule of the Ptolemaic kings over Egypt . </P>
<P> The stele was erected after the coronation of King Ptolemy V and was inscribed with a decree that established the divine cult of the new ruler . The decree was issued by a congress of priests who gathered at Memphis . The date is given as `` 4 Xandicus '' in the Macedonian calendar and `` 18 Meshir '' in the Egyptian calendar , which corresponds to March 27 , 196 BC . The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V 's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ) , which is confirmed by four priests named who officiated in that same year : Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues , named in turn in the inscription , led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ) , Arsinoe Philadelphos ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) , and Arsinoe Philopator , mother of Ptolemy V. However , a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts , corresponding to 27 November 197 BC , the official anniversary of Ptolemy 's coronation . The inscription in demotic conflicts with this , listing consecutive days in March for the decree and the anniversary . It is uncertain why such discrepancies exist , but it is clear that the decree was issued in 196 BC and that it was designed to re-establish the rule of the Ptolemaic kings over Egypt . </P>
who issued the decree written in three translations on the rosetta stone
who issued the decree written in three translations on the rosetta stone
a congress of priests
a congress of priests