The Rosetta Stone is a rock stele, found in 1799

The Rosetta Stone is a rock stele, found in 1799, inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion is Demotic script, and the lowest is Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts, the stone provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs

1799 Appears Behalf Decree Demotic Essentially Hieroglyphs Issued Language Lowest Memphis Portion Provided Ptolemy Rosetta Scripts Stele Translation Understanding

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