Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques

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Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques is the 1822 scholarly letter in which Jean-François Champollion first announced and explained his breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.

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instanceOf academic work ⓘ
publication ⓘ
scholarly letter ⓘ
addressedTo M. Dacier ⓘ
addresseeRole perpetual secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ⓘ
announces breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
author Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
authorNationality French ⓘ
chronologicalPosition early work in Champollion’s hieroglyphic studies ⓘ
circulation scholarly community in Paris ⓘ
context post-Napoleonic interest in ancient Egypt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo André Dacier ⓘ
describes hieroglyphic signs with phonetic values ⓘ
relationship between hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek scripts ⓘ
discipline history of writing systems ⓘ
explains method for reading cartouches ⓘ
principles of phonetic values in hieroglyphs ⓘ
use of hieroglyphs to write foreign royal names ⓘ
field Egyptology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
focusesOn phonetic reading of royal names such as Ptolemy and Cleopatra ⓘ
genre epistolary treatise ⓘ
scientific correspondence ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influenced later decipherments of ancient scripts ⓘ
subsequent Egyptological research ⓘ
institutionalContext Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainSubject Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
decipherment of Egyptian writing ⓘ
phonetic hieroglyphic alphabet ⓘ
methodology comparative analysis of multilingual inscriptions ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
publicationYear 1822 ⓘ
relatedPerson Thomas Young ⓘ
relatedWork Rosetta Stone ⓘ
significance foundational text in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
marks the birth of scientific Egyptology ⓘ
timeOfAuthorship early 1820s ⓘ
title Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ

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Jean-François Champollion → notableWork → Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ
Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques → title → Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ
Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens → relatedTo → Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ