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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| Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques Context triple: [Jean-François Champollion, notableWork, Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques]
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Karnak Temple inscriptions
The Karnak Temple inscriptions are a vast collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts carved on the walls and monuments of the Karnak temple complex at Thebes, documenting royal achievements, religious rituals, and historical events.
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Abusir Papyri
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Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte
Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte is an influential early 19th-century illustrated travel account of Egypt that helped spark European Egyptology and popular fascination with ancient Egyptian civilization.
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Target entity: Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques Target entity description: 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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A.
Elephantine papyri
The Elephantine papyri are a collection of ancient Jewish and administrative documents from a Persian-period garrison community on Elephantine Island in Egypt, offering key insights into daily life, religion, and law in the 5th century BCE.
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B.
Karnak Temple inscriptions
The Karnak Temple inscriptions are a vast collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts carved on the walls and monuments of the Karnak temple complex at Thebes, documenting royal achievements, religious rituals, and historical events.
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C.
Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
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D.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a vast collection of ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts discovered in Egypt, preserving a wide range of literary, religious, and everyday texts that have greatly expanded modern knowledge of the ancient world.
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E.
Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte
Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte is an influential early 19th-century illustrated travel account of Egypt that helped spark European Egyptology and popular fascination with ancient Egyptian civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic work
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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
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relationship between hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek scripts ⓘ |
| discipline | history of writing systems ⓘ |
| explains |
method for reading cartouches
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principles of phonetic values in hieroglyphs ⓘ use of hieroglyphs to write foreign royal names ⓘ |
| field |
Egyptology
NERFINISHED
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linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | phonetic reading of royal names such as Ptolemy and Cleopatra ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary treatise
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scientific correspondence ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
later decipherments of ancient scripts
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subsequent Egyptological research ⓘ |
| institutionalContext | Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
NERFINISHED
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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
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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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