Rosetta stone / cast

Description

Plaster cast of the surface of the Rosetta Stone, having a trilingual inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek, in a wooden frame: Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt, Rosetta, 196 BC (original), London, UK, 1802 AD (cast)

Museum reference

V.2017.17

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Rosetta stone / cast

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1802

Materials

Plaster

Physical description

Plaster

Associations

British Museum, London, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland vol. 6.2 (1864-66), pp. 339‒401