Satrap Stela
Decree of the Satrap Ptolemy Lagides
Before he is king, Ptolemy son of Lagos advertises his legitimacy in Egyptian terms, restoring temple lands at Buto and returning sacred images looted by the Persians, framing his rise as pious restoration rather than Macedonian conquest.
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