History / Field notes
Why the Rosetta Stone has three scripts, but two languages
The difference between a language and its writing system explains both the stone’s message and its value as evidence.
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Ordinary objects. Extraordinary traces. Read the past through the evidence it left behind.
History / Field notes
The difference between a language and its writing system explains both the stone’s message and its value as evidence.
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A grain account, a school exercise and a merchant’s letter reveal three very different uses of ancient writing.
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