Rosetta Stone

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ancient Egyptian artifact archaeological find granodiorite stele inscribed stele multilingual inscription

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rosetta Stone canonical 17
Rosetta Stone display 1
Rosetta Stone inscription 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian artifact ⓘ
archaeological find ⓘ
granodiorite stele ⓘ
inscribed stele ⓘ
multilingual inscription ⓘ
catalogCode EA 24 ⓘ
condition fragmentary ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus iconic symbol of Egyptology ⓘ
currentLocation British Museum ⓘ
dateOfCreation 196 BC ⓘ
decipheredBy Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
Thomas Young ⓘ
decreeIssuedBy Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
discoveredBy French soldiers ⓘ
Pierre-François Bouchard ⓘ
discoveredIn 1799 ⓘ
discoveryLocation near Rashid (Rosetta), Egypt ⓘ
enteredCollection British Museum in 1802 ⓘ
height about 114 cm ⓘ
inscriptionType decree ⓘ
inspiredTerm “Rosetta Stone” as metaphor for key to understanding ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
material granodiorite ⓘ
museumCollection Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ
period Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic period
purpose to publish a royal decree ⓘ
reign Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
relatedField Egyptology ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
scriptOrderTopToBottom Demotic script ⓘ
surface form: Demotic

Greek ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
side inscribed on one face ⓘ
significance enabled understanding of ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
thickness about 28 cm ⓘ
topPart missing ⓘ
transportedAfter Capitulation of Alexandria (1801) ⓘ
transportedTo Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain
weight about 760 kg ⓘ
width about 72 cm ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient Greek ⓘ
Demotic script ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Demotic

Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → notableArtifact → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
British Museum → hasPart → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta Stone display
British Museum → notableWork → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs → deciphermentAid → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Rosetta mission → namedAfter → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian → notableText → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta Stone inscription
Ancient Egyptian → decipheredWith → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Demotic script → appearsOn → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes → associatedArtifact → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes → decreeRecordedOn → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Dr. Seuss → pseudonym → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Department of Egypt and Sudan → notableCollectionIncludes → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Rosetta → knownFor → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Rosetta → discoverySiteOf → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Egyptian antiquities → notableExample → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Decree of Canopus → relatedTo → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) → namedAfter → Rosetta Stone ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosetta
Philae obelisk → similarTo → Rosetta Stone ⓘ