The British Museum Book of the Rosetta StoneThe story behind the slab that opened up the world of Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
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Åkerblad Alexandria alphabetically written ancient Egyptian language Arsinoe Bankes obelisk base block BELOVED OF PTAH Berenike biliteral Cairo cartouche of Cleopatra Champollion CHARISTOS citizen Du Theil contain the name Coptic copy correctly Damanhur decree Delta demotic section demotic text demotic version demotic words derived from hieroglyphs diadems discovery early decipherers Egyp Egyptian and Greek Egyptian version Egyptian word EPIPHANES EUCHARISTOS equivalents festival French glyphs Gods Adelphoi Gods Philopatores Greek form Greek section Greek text Greek words Hermopolis Parva hieratic hiero hieroglyphic form hieroglyphic section honours Horus identified ideograms inscription Institut National King PTOLEMY kingship Lower Egypt Memphis motic name Cleopatra name Ptolemy Osiris patra phonetic complement phonetic value ples priests PTOL realised REC'D reign remitted represent the letter Rosetta Stone royal name scholars scription shrine Silvestre de Sacy sound value stela symbolic temples throughout Thomas Young Thoth three signs tion translation triliteral Upper Egypt whereas writing written in HIEROGLYPHS