Rosetta Stone. H: 30 cm.

Description

Reproduction of the Rosetta stone, made of reconstituted marble (resin and marble) with an imitation black basalt finish.  The patinas of ageing are applied with natural earth.

Measurements: Height: 30 cm. Width: 24 cm. Depth: 1 cm.

Approx. weight: 2 kg.

Pre-plastered to hang on the wall.

Rosetta Stone Egypt (Ptolemaic period) 203 B.C. Currently in the British Museum Rosetta Stone in its current state, it is an irregularly shaped slab of compact black basalt, which measures about 114 cms. long, 72 cms. wide and has a thickness of 28 cms. It was found in July 1799 in a place near the mouth of the great arm of the Nile that flows through the western delta to the sea, not far from the town of Rasnid, or as the Europeans call it, Rosetta.

It is dated 196 BC and contains a decree of Ptolemy V in different languages and scripts: Egyptian, hieroglyphic and demotic, and Greek. Thanks to it, Champollion (1790-1832) was able to decipher the hieroglyphs and translate the Egyptian language for the first time.