Ptolemy III

Ptolemy (III) Euergetes 246 - 222 BC

The king and his wife Berenike II were mainly involved on the military-political front in wars against the Seleucids, the Hellenistic dynasty ruling Syria. The king rebuilt the Serapeum in Alexandria and built a second one in Canopus. The Decree of Canopus issued through Egyptian temple officials in his reign included an adjustment of the calendar to add an extra day every four years (reform implemented two centuries later, under Julius Caesar, known as the Julian calendar).

Horus name: Hekennetjeruremetjetheref
Nebty name: Qenunedjtinetjeruinebmenkhentameri
Golden Falcon name: Werpehtiiriahet Nebhebused-mi-ptahtatjenen
Prenomen: Iuaennetjeruisnui Setepenre Sekhemankhenamun
Nomen: Ptolemy (ankh-djet mery-Ptah)

Burial place: Alexandria

Attestation in the Petrie Museum:

Foundation deposit (unprovenanced)

UC 17229

Further Attestations:

'Ptolemeion' (for Ptolemy III and Berenike II) in Hermopolis Magna (Arnold 1999: 164)
Huge temple at Akhmim (Arnold 1999: 164)
Small temple at Medamud (Arnold 1999: 164)
Pronaos at the Amun, Mut, Khons temple at Qasr el-Ghueda, el-Kharga (Arnold 1999: 164)
Additional temple buildings at Karnak (Arnold 1999: 164-168)
Khnum temple opposite of Ad-Dayr (Arnold 1999: 168-169)
Foundation of the Horus temple at Edfu (Arnold 1999: 169-171)
Small Isis temple at Aswan (Arnold 1999: 171)
Building work at Philae (Arnold 1999: 173)

Bibliography:

Hölbl 2001: 46-54, 77-123

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