["Ptolemy" written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, as it appears on the Rosetta Stone]

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Title: ["Ptolemy" written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, as it appears on the Rosetta Stone]
Date: 1873 May 8
Creator: Brownell, Charles DeWolf, 1822-1909.
Notes: [Charles DeWolf Brownell] AL to Mummy [Lucia Emilia DeWolf] and Ned [Edward Rogerson Brownell], May 8, 1873. s.l., page 1. From a collection of letters written to the Brownell family in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Louisiana, New York City, Cuba, and France. The largest part of the collection are letters to Charles Brownell and his wife Henrietta [Nettie] from Charles' mother [Mummy] and his three brothers, Edward [Ned], Henry, and Clarence, often written with notes added and sent on as a "round robin" correspondence which ended with Charles.
Names and Subjects: Cartouches--1870-1880.; Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic.; Hieroglyphics, Egyptian.; Hieroglyphics--1870-1880.; Lions--1870-1880.; Lions--Pictorial works.; Lions in art.; Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.--Art.; Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.--Historiography.; Rosetta Stone.; Serpents--1870-1880.; Serpents--Egypt.; Serpents in art.; Staffs (Sticks)--1870-1880.; Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)--Egypt.; Symbols--1870-1880.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: Brownell family papers
Collection Creator: Brownell family
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5798
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 18:29:36

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Image Size: 4096 x 5788
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 5798
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Full citation: "["Ptolemy" written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, as it appears on the Rosetta Stone]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-5798/wcl005871. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 10, 2025.