French people offer a reward to those who decipher their own "Rosetta Stone"

Bathed by the waves of the Atlantic and visible only at low tide, mysterious rock with inscriptions that would be centenarians, and which has not yet been decipheredhe is hiding on the outskirts of a town in Brittany, France.

The town hall Plougastel-Daoulas, in Finisterre (north-west of France), offers 2,000 euros reward for those who can decipher the sequence of letters and symbols.

In the locality, this rock is sometimes compared to the "Rosetta Stone", the great stele of ancient Egypt which is in the British Museum and whose inscription has been partially deciphered by the French Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion.

The authorities of this Brittany city hope that their offer will clarify the story of the enigmatic stone.

"This inscription is a mystery and that's why we launched the call," said Veronique Martin, who leads the search for the possible decipherer.

The rock, which is about the size of a person, is accessible by a path leading from the village of Illien Ar Guen, just north of Raven Point.

The heading completely occupies one of its sides and is written mainly in capital letters, but there are also drawings, including a sailboat. You can see two dates: 1786 and 1787.

"These dates correspond more or less to the years during which The artillery batteries protected Brest and especially the Fort Corbeau, which is right next to"Martin added.

Here are some of the parts you can read: "ROC AR B … DRE AR GRIO IS EVELOH AR VIRIONES BAOAVEL … R I OBBIIE: BRISBVILAR … FROIK … AL".

"There are people who tell us what is Basque and others tell us that he is old Breton"said Dominique Cap, mayor of Plougastel-Daoulas, who added that the rock was discovered for the first time three or four years ago.

The call is addressed to linguists, historians, academics, students or ordinary people who decode codes as hobbies.

A jury will meet for Choose the most plausible suggestion and award the reward.

"There are many words, there are letters of our alphabet […]we can not decipher them "badured Michel Paugam, councilor in charge of local heritage.