Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques

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Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques is the 1822 scholarly letter in which Jean-François Champollion first announced and explained his breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.

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instanceOf academic work
publication
scholarly letter
addressedTo M. Dacier NERFINISHED
addresseeRole perpetual secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
announces breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
author Jean-François Champollion NERFINISHED
authorNationality French
chronologicalPosition early work in Champollion’s hieroglyphic studies
circulation scholarly community in Paris
context post-Napoleonic interest in ancient Egypt
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo André Dacier NERFINISHED
describes hieroglyphic signs with phonetic values
relationship between hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek scripts
discipline history of writing systems
explains method for reading cartouches
principles of phonetic values in hieroglyphs
use of hieroglyphs to write foreign royal names
field Egyptology NERFINISHED
linguistics
philology
focusesOn phonetic reading of royal names such as Ptolemy and Cleopatra
genre epistolary treatise
scientific correspondence
historicalPeriod 19th century
influenced later decipherments of ancient scripts
subsequent Egyptological research
institutionalContext Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres NERFINISHED
language French
mainSubject Egyptian hieroglyphs NERFINISHED
decipherment of Egyptian writing
phonetic hieroglyphic alphabet
methodology comparative analysis of multilingual inscriptions
originalMedium print
publicationYear 1822
relatedPerson Thomas Young NERFINISHED
relatedWork Rosetta Stone NERFINISHED
significance foundational text in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs
marks the birth of scientific Egyptology
timeOfAuthorship early 1820s
title Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques NERFINISHED

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Jean-François Champollion notableWork Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques