Ten of the decrees were discovered during the 1910-1911 excavations of the temple of Min at Coptos by Adolphe Reinach and Raymond Weill, working for the Société française des fouilles archéologiques [REF].
The decrees are inscribed on limestone slabs thick, long and high which were intended to be set in the mudbrick wall of a gateway or vestibule inside the temple of Min [REF].