The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funereal ArchaeologyUniversity Press, 1894 - 404 pages |
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Page 108
... stone has been broken off from the top , and the right - hand bottom corner has also suffered injury . It now measures 3 ft . 9in . × 2ft . 4 in . x 11 in . We may arrive at an idea of the original size of the Rosetta Stone by com ...
... stone has been broken off from the top , and the right - hand bottom corner has also suffered injury . It now measures 3 ft . 9in . × 2ft . 4 in . x 11 in . We may arrive at an idea of the original size of the Rosetta Stone by com ...
Page 108
... ΚΑΙ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΝ To face p . 108 . The ROSETTA STONE , inscribed with a decree of the priests of Memphis , conferring divine honours on Ptolemy V. , Epiphanes , King of Egypt , B.C. 195 . 1 ! document is of about the same length .
... ΚΑΙ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑΝ To face p . 108 . The ROSETTA STONE , inscribed with a decree of the priests of Memphis , conferring divine honours on Ptolemy V. , Epiphanes , King of Egypt , B.C. 195 . 1 ! document is of about the same length .
Page 109
... Stone , but as the letters are longer and wider , it is clear from this also that the Greek versions occupied about the same space . Allowing then for the difference in the size of the hieroglyphic characters , we should expect the ...
... Stone , but as the letters are longer and wider , it is clear from this also that the Greek versions occupied about the same space . Allowing then for the difference in the size of the hieroglyphic characters , we should expect the ...
Page 110
... Stone set forth that Ptolemy V. Ptolemy V. Epiphanes , while king of Egypt , consecrated Epiphanes . revenues of silver and corn to the temples , that he suppressed certain taxes and reduced others , that he granted certain privileges ...
... Stone set forth that Ptolemy V. Ptolemy V. Epiphanes , while king of Egypt , consecrated Epiphanes . revenues of silver and corn to the temples , that he suppressed certain taxes and reduced others , that he granted certain privileges ...
Page 111
... stone in hieroglyphic , demotic and Greek characters , should be set up in each of the temples of the first , second ... Stone , still it is Rosetta Stone the around this wonderful document that all the interest in the base of ...
... stone in hieroglyphic , demotic and Greek characters , should be set up in each of the temples of the first , second ... Stone , still it is Rosetta Stone the around this wonderful document that all the interest in the base of ...
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