Name of Object:

The Rosetta Stone

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

1801

Inventory Number:

n/a

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

A letter from General Lord Hely Hutchinson, Commander of the British army in Alexandria, Egypt, to the traveller and scientist Edward Daniel Clarke. Clarke is to ensure the security of the Rosetta Stone which he, W.R. Hamilton and Colonel Turner are acquiring from the French army under the terms of the Capitulation of Alexandria. The letter also asks Clarke to copy the inscription from the Stone. It is dated September 13, 1801.

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Documentation

Citation of this web page:

"The Rosetta Stone" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;106;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 106