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rosetta stone

noun /roʊzɛtəstoʊn/ 3 syllables 13 letters Scrabble 12 WWF 13
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noun

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

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