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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ro-set·ta stone A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Rosetta stone
      n : an inscription of a black basalt stone; gave first clue to
          decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics