Rosetta Stone: Basalt slab inscribed with decree

Rosetta Stone: Basalt slab inscribed with decree of pharaoh Ptolemy Epiphanes (205-180 BC) in three languages, Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic script. Discovered near Rosetta in Egypt in 1799, became key to deciphering Egyptian inscriptions British Museum

1799 Basalt Deciphering Decree Deity Demotic Discovered Epiphanes Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Languages Pharaoh Ptolemy Rosetta Slab

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