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OGIS: 18


A DEDICATION TO ARTEMIS AT KANOPOS

Greek text:   Delta_1.231.1
Date:   305-285 B.C.
Format:   see key to translations

The Greeks who arrived in Egypt in the early years of Ptolemaic rule naturally brought in the worship of their own gods; see F.Dunand, in "A Companion to Greek Religion", page 255 ( Google Books ).


Dedicated to Artemis the Saviour, on behalf of king Ptolemaios, by Epikrates of Athens.

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