File:The Rosetta Stone.jpg

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English: A photo of the Rosetta Stone taken from the book The Rosetta Stone (1922), a short work describing the history of the stone and how it was translated. The book was made by and sold in the British Museum for sixpence.
Date
Source https://archive.org/details/rosettastone00budgrich/page/n5/mode/2up
Author

Book: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis (1857-1934)

Photo: Donald Macbeth

Book author bio at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG62010

Photographer bio at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG84633

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Photo of the Rosetta Stone, from the book The Rosetta Stone (1922) sold at the British Museum

Items portrayed in this file

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Rosetta Stone

location: British Museum
main subject: Ancient Egypt
Reference
publication date: 17 February 1922Gregorian
publisher: British Museum
price: 6 penny

inception

17 February 1922Gregorian

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image/jpeg

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