Report of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta stone 1858

soupy · Post by **soupy** » March 21st, 2019, 6:11 pm

Report of the committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta stone
by University of Pennsylvania. Philomathean Society; Morton, Henry, 1836-1902; Hale, Charles R. (Charles Reuben), 1837-1900; Jones, Samuel Huntington, 1837-1894; Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.); Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918

Publication date 1858
Philomathean is derived from the Greek philomath, which means "a lover of learning." The motto of the Philomathean Society is Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "thus we proceed to the stairs").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomathean_Society

Do you like to read cursive? All handwritten.

https://archive.org/details/reportofcommitte00univ_3/page/n7

Post by **Leni** » March 22nd, 2019, 6:44 am

What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL book. A piece of art! And probably very interesting, but would take someone who have a better idea of the hieroglyphs than I do.

soupy · Post by **soupy** » March 22nd, 2019, 8:49 am

Who would that be Leni

Calling all Egyptologists.

Post by **Kikisaulite** » March 22nd, 2019, 10:08 am

BEAUTIFUL is the word!

What a masterpiece!!!
And it is an important text as well...
But as to recording it? I do not know... maybe it can be attempted...

The handwriting seems good and easy/normally readable all the way through. I did just quick checking, but did not see that hieroglyphs themselves would be so very prominent there except in the Appendixes, which could be left out in a recording.
Any more opinions...?

Post by **ToddHW** » April 12th, 2019, 6:27 am

Stunning. But I can't imagine anyone PL'ing from this. Drat.

Thanks, Todd