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ROSETTA STONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
stela; stele (an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings)
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