lexipexi
How did sds study the rosetta stone?
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Here's a good article which describes how Sacy focused mainly on translating the Demotic and Greek language portion of the Rosetta Stone. He used proper names (like Alexander and Ptolemy) as a staring point in making his translation.
http://history.howstuffworks.com/rosetta-stone3.htm
http://history.howstuffworks.com/rosetta-stone3.htm