Rosetta Stone

Product description

The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 by intelligence forces of Napoleon's French army. The stone contains a text written in two languages across three different scripts: in Egyptian with Egyptian hieroglyphs, in Egyptian with the demotic script, and in Greek with the Greek alphabet.
The text on the stone is a thanksgiving of the priests of Memphis to King Ptolemaus V Epiphanes. It is estimated that the text was composed on the 27th of March, 196 BC. The stone has made an essential contribution to the deciphering of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script and has likewise furnished us with a fundamental insight into the Egyptian language.
The stone is crafted from plaster alabaster. It is minutely replicated and the text closely resembles the original. The stone may be hung on the wall by means of the hole on the back. It measures 34 x 28 cm.