Decree of Nectanebo I

Accordingly, steles were erected at two locations as statements to curry political favor with the priesthood, and possibly the populace.

The steles were erected shortly after Nectanebo came to power, ca 380 BC.

The stele's purpose was to use a 10 percent portion of the waterway-use tax (unspecified import tax) for the services of the priests in charge of the temples of the goddess Neith.

Only recently, its twin stele was recovered from the underwater site of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city that was discovered by archaeologists in 2000.

), Studies in Honor of George R. Hughes, January 12, 1977 (Chicago 1976), 139-47. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/saoc/saoc39.html J. Yoyotte, "An Extraordinary Pair of Twins: The Steles of the Pharaoh Nektanebo I," in F. Goddio and M. Clauss (eds.