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Date:
Unknown
Title:
Note
Object ID:
2019.332.630
Object Name:
Note
Extent of Description:
Single sheet of paper, 30 x 21cm
Scope & Content:
[Note, white rectangular paper with black typed print and handwritten ink.]

[Note reads]

ROSETTA ROAD RAUMATI

[First 4 headings]

ROSETTA STONE EGYPT, A PIECE OF BLACK BASALT ASSEMBLED IN

HONOUR OF PTOLLEMY BY THE THE PRIESTS OF EGYPT, IN 196 BC AND

DISCOVERED BY THE FRENCH AT ROSETTA IN 1798 AND TAKEN TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN LONDON IN 1802

ROSETTA MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SUNSET THIS SEEMED QUITE LOGICAL, AS THE SUNSETS ALONG THE BEACH ARE VERY ROSE FLUSHED IN HUE.

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[Ruth Wright Collection]
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Note, Rosetta Road RaumatiNote, Rosetta Road Raumati