The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
IS
KEY TO PYRlrn
STONE oIn. N BRITISH Mus.,,.
MADE PLAIN EGYpT,sSo'u W.

customs and Rel,.,
the Ancient Egyptian r., '@
Through the Rosetta s,o, ~
guages Cut in it. Tire
There are many h,s,o,,.
stones in the world bn h, y AID d,
possess the value and ~, lev
piece of black bassi, any .I,s.ss
setta Stone, " mounted Il t1'sa d:
lery of the British g H ,ls s's
many pass idly by ,a.s .- .ssaa
ed object each day Ind
the most casual at,sr-5o,
ter OF fact, had ii Do- - T., A
Rosetta Stone, our iins s. y'
been absolutely a, '9li
the Egyptian records.
characters would have ~. -''.a
less tracings. '- ~
This stone, however r~or
to Tue language Of Esy6, y g
portance of the work g.b,. -lg e
accomplished through his ll
very great indeed. For nv a-.'
points of dispute in rels-io, '-
history have been c'asras
some instances. imrartsn,
the Blble-especially reIa-irs
period Of time when The H..
in the land Of Egypt-b,.
elucidated. Ia'
The manners, customs a,.
rites of the EgyDtiars s
brought to light. and f5r~.
stone, We are enabled 10 ob.s
sight into the early history o',,
derful people. With Lar-seai5s :,
the mind which directed tbs s
the inscriptions upon he Ro,.,.3
had it done in three different i,.'
no doubt with a view 10 MI, Ut,
hieroglyphic characters unda-.,
the clever Greeks. the mosf ir..
people in the world ar the tim,
The Rosetta Stone is written
languages-the Hieroglynb,e 4.
guage known only to lie a-ag
the Denote, or Enclug.al tbs r..
speech Of the people, and Il.
Had it not been for the r.s
Greek, it is doubtful if tho D
Stone would ever have been ds,.
OF course. every classical sfba..,
knowledge Of Greek; 6y this %r',
the inscriptions in Egyptian h.
on the other parts Of he stm.
easily made out, and. uy use o,a
thus afforded, the whole Of t5sG
ters of Egypt-whica piem.,
became very easy 10 ra i1g
may decipher the Mos Hral
tograms if he be posse ola
The stone IN question is Of IA
salt, as has been said. It
inches long, . lee, 6 inches v
tanning one-third OF the Hen
and nearly all OF the Greek nd
tie upper part ana some Of tsl
j wing been broken away. Nd
script rs on the s,Cue re.saHnl
eTea IN honor Of Pso.euy Eo.96ni
the priests Of Egypt, m5.a
synod at Memphis. Tie synod
oo4JeAad on account of his eJ
OF the arrears Of taxes, and d1sS
by the Sacerdotal body. s5i.g
even in those early days Tie g:
dotal body" were ready to conr0h
DDS on the slightest prorocalo1
i5iF In regard to their "dus.
taxes"
This in itself is an instructive Il
which shows lis that the worlds.
the same today as il was in B. C.
when the stone was set ~ Tie RI
ia Stone in the Briti7f lflsaum Is
only discovered spec men Of the
merous Inscriptions Of a similar n.
set up at the same time
The stone was found in 1899
Boussard, a French officer Of engI
during the French occupation Of z
1t was unearthed in an ezcay
made at Fort st. Julian, near 70
a city Of Egypt, on the west BAL
the old Bolbitic Nile. The name
setta" is derived from an old Egl
word "Roasat," meaning the mo-
the Nile" Recent excavations
that this stone was found On th
OF a temple dedicated to Necho
the twenty-sixth dynasty. The
shippeys in this temple paid hon
the Solar God, Alum or Tum.