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Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone

Work of art
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Wikipedia
Dimensions: 3′ 9″ x 2′ 4″ x 0′ 11″
Location: The British Museum (since 1802)
Material: Granodiorite
Date of creation: 196 B.C.E.
Discovered: 1799; near Rosetta, Nile Delta, Egypt
Writing: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and Greek script