Porphyry, as preserved in the Chronicon of Eusebius: "In the reign of [Ptolemy XII Auletes], a three year period was ascribed to the rule of his daughters Cleopatra Tryphaena and Berenice, one year as a joint reign and the following two years, after the death of Cleopatra Tryphaena, as the reign of Berenice on her own. Because Ptolemy had gone off to Rome, and was spending a long time there, his daughters took over the rule of the kingdom, as if he was not going to return, and Berenice took on some men of the royal family as co-rulers. But when Ptolemy returned from Rome, he forget all affection towards his daughter, and in his anger at what she had done, he put her to death." cf [5]
This is at least the traditional dating. Some historians posit the carvings date to 70 BC, prior to Cleopatra V Tryphaena's disappearance from the historical record. cf Jan Quaegebeur, Une scène historique méconnue au grand temple d'Edfou, 595; [6]
