The Rosetta Stone: Key to Egyptian Hieroglyphs

The article offers information on the Rosetta Stone, a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. It mentions the preserved portion of the inscribed text gives a prie...

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Published in:Biblical archaeology review
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2022
In: Biblical archaeology review
Further subjects:B Inscriptions
B Stele (Archaeology)
B PTOLEMY V Epiphanes, King of Egypt, ca. 210 B.C.-181 or 80 B.C
B ROSETTA Stone
B EGYPTIAN hieroglyphics
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Summary:The article offers information on the Rosetta Stone, a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. It mentions the preserved portion of the inscribed text gives a priestly decree commemorating the first anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy V, in the spring of 196 B.C.E.
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review