Why does Ptolemy figure on the inscription?
</center><div style="background-color: bisque; color: black; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px;"> Ptolemy V really needed something to court the priests because the ptolemaic dynasty were not Egyptians at all. They're actually Greeks and for generations these foreign Kings had kept power over Egypt by engaging with the priests. This inscription is the Memphis decree exempting the Priestly Class from taxes and from having to pay homage to him, a gesture the teenage King hoped will steady his throne and prevent another uprising. </div>