CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: C - The Rosetta Stone displays a decree made in 196 BCE by Ptolemy V, and it is written three times-in Egyptian hieroglyphic, Egyptian Demotic script and Greek. It is a granodiorite stele (or slab) that is just under 4 feet by 2.5 feet in dimension, and it is nearly 1 foot thick. The top is broken, in the hieroglyphic section, so the stele was larger when it was originally inscribed. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone, in 1799, was a turning point for Egyptologists, who could transcribe Greek and Egyptian Demotic script, but had yet to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphic.