Replica, The Rosetta Stone, British Museum
Country
Egypt
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Description
Replica Rosetta Stone in black resin, with inscriptions in white. Ptolomy V Decree of 196BC written in Greek, Egyptian, Demotic and Hieroglyphics. Found at Rashid, 1799 and led to translation of other hieroglyphics.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian replica
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian replica
Production place
Measurements
L314mm x W245mm x D15mm
Media/Materials description
Resin
History and use
Found in July 1799, near the mouth of the Nile and the town of Rashid, the Rosetta Stone was found by French Soldiers while building a fort. Bouchard, the finder of the stone, observed that the stone contained three different versions of hte same text, each written in different script. As the last inscription was written in Greek, it allowed the Egyptian writing in heiroglyphs and cursive form to be deciphered, and the extensive writings of the Egyptian civilisation to be unlocked.
Registration number
H14531.1
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