Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . portionhas as yet been made ; but the difiiculty is much facilitated by the knowledge and advance-ment made in the hieratic cliaracter. Tiie Rosctta Stone could never have been interpreted from itself, and the full philologicalanalysis of it is a task yet to be waited for. There are several points in which we difter fromthe readings of Champollion, and the consequent restorations of Letronne. The decree. Tlie restorations of Letronne beingmade from the analysis of Cham,pollion. In many instances theGreekgives the entire version, which
Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . portionhas as yet been made ; but the difiiculty is much facilitated by the knowledge and advance-ment made in the hieratic cliaracter. Tiie Rosctta Stone could never have been interpreted from itself, and the full philologicalanalysis of it is a task yet to be waited for. There are several points in which we difter fromthe readings of Champollion, and the consequent restorations of Letronne. The decree. Tlie restorations of Letronne beingmade from the analysis of Cham,pollion. In many instances theGreekgives the entire version, which istranslated above,and the philologicalscholar can compare the three ver- sions. Salvolini is often one line of the hieroglyphics,the last, is example, line 41 Groolt, 7 the hieroglypliic reads, thatthv will make all {rcnufiexion and ceremony of offering, like as is doneto the gods of the countries in thepanegyrics every year, not in thepaitegiiriesofthe country.* Letronne,loc. cit. p. 29. PLATt 50. Fi^ 177 Tig
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