
Sujet
The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Légende
The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London, c1890. The Rosetta Stone is a basalt slab inscribed with a decree of the Pharaoh Ptolemy Epiphanes (Ptolemy V) (205-180 BC) in three languages; Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic script. Discovered near Rosetta in Egypt in 1799, the stone became the key to deciphering Egyptian inscriptions. It was translated by Jean-Francois Champollion between 1822 and 1824. Lantern slide.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1890
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C60_413
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (2,8Mo) / 31,3cm x 40,1cm / 3697 x 4736 (300dpi)