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Name of Object:

The Rosetta Stone

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

196 BC; acquisition date: 1801

Inventory Number:

EA 24

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

An iconic image of decipherment, since the same text is inscribed in three different scripts, including Greek, the ‘stone’ is actually part of a grey and pink granodiorite stela bearing a priestly decree concerning Ptolemy V in three blocks of text: Hieroglyphic (14 lines), Demotic (32 lines) and Greek (54 lines).

Citation of this web page:

"The Rosetta Stone" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;107;en;N

MWNF Working Number: UK 107

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