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Name in other languages
てがかりのちょうこく 线索的雕塑 線索的雕塑 단서가 되는 조각 Tablette édifiante Tablette édifiante Piedra políglota Piedra políglota Pietra informativa Образовательная статуя Hinweisskulptur Taalkundig standbeeld |
The Informative Statue is a sculpture first introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Unlike most other sculpture items, it is not based on a traditional work of art, but rather on the Rosetta Stone, a fragment of a decree written in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on the behalf of King Ptolemy V. The stone garnered fame in the western world upon its 1799 discovery by French soldier Pierre-François Bouchard during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt: because the fragment contained versions of the same text in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and ancient Greek script with only minor differences between the three, it became a vital tool for western anthropologists in deciphering the previously enigmatic hieroglyphs. While three additional fragments of the original decree were found in the ensuing centuries, the Rosetta Stone remains the most famous, and as such serves as the basis for the Informative Statue in New Horizons. It is called a statue in the game, despite not actually being a statue.
Art details
In New Horizons
Museum description | A stone slab found in Rosetta, Egypt in 1799. Helped efforts to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Almost identical text is written in hieroglyphs at the top, then Demotic script, and lastly Greek script. |
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Buy price | 4,980 Bells |
Sell price | 1,245 Bells[nb 1] |
Obtain from | Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler |
Authenticity | In the forgery, the Rosetta Stone is colored blue and glows in the night. If the Rosetta Stone is colored in dull gray, it is genuine. |
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- ↑ Cannot be sold if it is a forgery.
Trivia
- The fake Informative Statue may be a possible reference to the software company Rosetta Stone Inc., who use a blue logo.