The Rosetta Stone, with its inscriptions in three scripts, has become an icon of script and decipherment. The bicentenary of its discovery is being celebrated by a major exhibition at the British Museum. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
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Richard Parkinson is Assistant Keeper in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum specializing in hieratic papyri and epigraphy. His publications includeVoices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings (1991),Papyrus (with S. Quirke) and The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.
The Rosetta Stone, with its inscriptions in three scripts, has become an icon of script and decipherment. The bicentenary of its discovery is being celebrated by a major exhibition at the British Museum. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
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