Graffiti at the entrance to the Temple to Isis at Philae

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Graffiti at the entrance to the Temple to Isis at Philae

On the right hand wall of the entrance hall to the Temple to Isis was engraved the most significant inscription of all those made by the Commission des Sciences et des Arts :
"L’AN 6 DE LA REPUBLIQUE / LE 13 MESSIDOR / UNE ARMEE FRANCAISE COMMANDEE / PAR BONAPARTE EST DESCENDUE / A ALEXANDRIE. / L’ARMEE AYANT MIS VINGT JOURS / APRES LES MAMELOUKS EN FUITE / AUX PYRAMIDES / DESAIX COMMANDANT LA / PREMIERE DIVISION LES A / POURSUIVIS AU-DELA DES / CATARACTES OU IL EST ARRIVE / LE 13 VENTOSE DE L’AN 7. / LES GENERAUX DE BRIGADE / DAOUST FRIANT ET BELLIARD / DONZELOT CHEF DE L’ETAT-MAJOR / LATOURNERIE COMMdt L’ARTILLERIE / EPPLER CHEF DE LA 21e LEGERE / LE 13 VENTOSE AN 7 DE LA REPUBLIQUE / LE 3 MARS AN DE JsCst 1799 / GRAVE PAR CASTEX SCULPTEUR (‘YEAR 6 OF THE REPUBLIC / 13 MESSIDOR / A FRENCH ARMY COMMANDED / BY BONAPARTE LANDED / IN ALEXANDRIA. / THE ARMY PURSUED THE MAMLUKS/ TWENTY DAYS AS THEY FLED/ AS FAR AS THE PYRAMIDS / DESAIX IN COMMAND / OF THE FIRST DIVISION / PURSUED THEM BEYOND / THE CATARACTS WHICH HE REACHED ON / 13 VENTOSE OF YEAR 7. / BRIGADIER GENERALS / DAOUST FRIANT AND BELLIARD / DONZELOT CHIEF OF STAFF / LATOURNERIE COMMdt OF THE ARTILLERY / EPPLER HEAD OF THE 21ST LIGHT / 13 VENTOSE YEAR 7 OF THE REPUBLIC / 3 MARCH AD 1799 / INSCRIBED BY CASTEX SCULPTOR’)

Date :
1798
Place held :
Egypt, Philae (230 km south of Luxor)
Photo credit :
Fondation Napoléon / K.Huguenaud
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