Three tongues of rock
My royal decree
To ancient lore
would hold the key
Who am I?
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asked Nov 29, 2019 at 18:14
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You are
the Rosetta stone.
Three tongues of rock
My royal decree
The text is a decree by a pharaoh, written on rock in three different writing systems.
To ancient lore
would hold the key
Its discovery was the key to interpreting ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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2$\begingroup$ I'm explicitly looking for the rot13(anzr bs gung cunenbu), but I'll accept this, as the distinction between looking for the rot13(fgbar)or the rot13(cunenbu) may not be clear from the riddle. $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 29, 2019 at 21:13