Infcrlpiions hr ought from Egypt, ^c, X4| 



Jopg remain with his new inafter; fqr he was again fold to 

 jsui inhabitant of Mozzabeth, who in foqr pionths fold hiiu 

 to a merchant of Morocco, who carried him to that city. 



After living for fome time wjth this niafter, who, inftead 

 pf treating him as a flave, behaved to hjm with great kind- 

 nefs, he was redeemed by a private 4gent of the French Re- 

 public, aiKi, taking his parage on bqard a Dutch ihip bouiu|- 

 to Holland, arrived in theTexel on the Qth of February 1797. 



I 



XVII, Notice refpe^itig the Infcriptions brought from Egypt 

 by the Oncers of the French Army, Read hi the public 

 Sitting of the National Inflit^cte on the ^th of January, By 

 C. Am^ilhon, 



X HE valuable monument which contains thefe infcrip- 

 tions was found near Rofetta in Egypt*. P^xacl impreffions 

 of them were taken from the (lone itfelf by a particular pro- 

 pefs, invented by Marcel and Galland, the former director, 

 ;md the latter eorreftpr, of the national printing-office efta- 

 blifhed at Cairo : and thefe impreffions were tranfmittcd to 

 the National Inditute at Paris, who cntrufted them to me 

 that I mighf firfl examine the Greek jnfcription. The firft 

 of thefe infcriptions is in the hieroglyphical orfacred charac- 

 ters; the fecond in the chara6iers of the language of the 

 country, that is to fay, the language fpoken at that period by 

 the vulgar in Egypt; and the third in the Greek charaders. 

 The laft informs us that they all contain one decree cx- 

 prefled in three languages. 



It was no doubt to fecure to this monument an unalterable 

 exiftence that the authors of the decree declared that it fliould 

 be engraven on one of thofe ftones dillinguiflied by their hard- 

 nefs ; which agrees with the report of general Dugua, who 

 certifies that the Hone is a granite. This wife precaution has 

 not, however, been attended with complete fucccfs : Time, 

 which devours every thing, has corroded the ftt)ne in feveral 

 places, fo that none of the infcriptions are entire. 



The infcripiion in hieroglyphical characters, the knowledge 

 ■ Pee the Pliijofophiipal Magazine, Vol. VI 11. p. 04, 



