The Rosetta Stone is a stele bearing a decree by Ptolemy V on which the same text was inscribed in hieroglyphs, demotic and ancient Greek making it a key artefact for the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The stele can now been viewed in the British Museum.
The hieroglyphic section of the Rosetta Stone is replicated below.
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