Richard Porson worked on reconstructing parts of the lower right portion of this object, which was recovered from the walls of Fort Julien.
Richard Porson worked on reconstructing parts of the lower right portion of this object, which was recovered from the walls of Fort Julien. It served as the basis for most of the work contained in the Letter to Monsieur Dacier, which expanded on earlier work done using this object by Thomas Young. This object, long also known as EA 24, was first rediscovered by Pierre-François (*) Bouchard. It names Aëtus son of Aëtus as the priest of the cult of Alexander the Great and describes how the gods have awarded victory, strength, and "life, prosperity, and health", the latter trio represented as "ankh wedja seneb", to Ptolemy V. For 10 points, name this object used by Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Richard Porson worked on reconstructing parts of the lower right portion of this object, which was recovered from the walls of Fort Julien.
the Rosetta Stone