Rosetta Stone
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Summary
Rosetta Stone is a Überrest[1]. It draws 33,418 Wikipedia views per month (berrest category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Pierre-François Bouchard[3]
- Country: Egypt[4]
- Instance of: bilingual inscription[5], stele[6], Epigraphic monument[7]
- Commissioned by: Ptolemy V Epiphanes[8]
- Owned by: British Museum[9]
- Named after: Rosetta[10]
- Made from material: granodiorite[11]
- Location of discovery: Fort Julien[12]
- Collection: British Museum[13]
- Inventory number: EA24[14]
- Location: British Museum[15]
- Writing system: Egyptian hieroglyphs[16], Egyptian Demotic[17], Greek alphabet[18]
- Commons category: Rosetta Stone[19]
- Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[20], Egyptian[21]
- Country of origin: Ptolemaic Kingdom[22]
- Catalog code: 33[23]
- Inception: 196 BC[24]
- Time of discovery or invention: July 15, 1799[25]
- Has edition or translation: Q44170764[26], Q44170531[27], Q44171205[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rosetta Stone[29]
- Main subject: Rosetta Stone decree[30]
- Commons gallery: Rosetta Stone[31]
- Work available at URL: https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Στήλη_της_Ροζέττας[32]
- Described at URL: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/the-rosetta-stone-1e03509704a3490e99a173e53b93e282[33], https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA24[34]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37]
Body
Influence
Things named for Rosetta Stone include Rosetta[38], a software[39]; Helwan[40], a city[41], in Egypt[42]; Rosetta Project[43], a project[44]; Rosetta@home[45], a protein structure prediction[46], founded in 2005[47]; Rosetta Code[48], a chrestomathy[49]; and Rosetta 2[50], a software[51].
Why It Matters
Rosetta Stone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Rosetta[38], a software[39]; Helwan[40], a city[41], in Egypt[42]; Rosetta Project[43], a project[44]; Rosetta@home[45], a protein structure prediction[46], founded in 2005[47]; Rosetta Code[48], a chrestomathy[49]; and Rosetta 2[50], a software[51].