Rosetta Stone (n)

n06405891

type n
lex_filenum 10
def a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC
def the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Instance Hypernym stele, stela
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Instance Hyponym stele, stela

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