Creator
M. Champollion (Jean-François Champollion, 1790-1832)
Title
“Mémoire sur les signes employés par les anciens Égyptiens á la notation des divisions du temps, dans leurs trois systèmes d’écriture” in Mémoires de L’Institut Royal de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Tome Quinzième, Première Partie
Coverage
Paris, FR
Publisher
Imprimerie Royale
Date
1842
Description
Champollion, French historian and linguist, is known for deciphering the Rosetta Stone in 1822 based on his research and of others. The Stone, found by members of Napoleon’s expedition near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) in Egypt in 1799, was inscribed in Egyptian and Greek. Decipherment of the inscriptions was key to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. Posthumously published, this is a study of symbols used in hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic writing systems recording time.


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