▁" di plom atic " ▁approach : ▁a ▁faithful ▁rendering ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁exactly ▁as ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁manuscript , ▁without ▁em end ations . ▁ ▁C ogn itive ▁▁ ▁Another ▁branch ▁of ▁phil ology , ▁cogn itive ▁phil ology , ▁studies ▁written ▁and ▁or al ▁texts . ▁C ogn itive ▁phil ology ▁cons iders ▁these ▁or al ▁texts ▁as ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁human ▁mental ▁processes . ▁This ▁science ▁comp ares ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁text ual ▁science ▁with ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁experimental ▁research ▁of ▁both ▁psych ology ▁and ▁artificial ▁intelligence ▁production ▁systems . ▁ ▁De ci pher ment ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁literature , ▁phil ology ▁includes ▁the ▁prior ▁de ci pher ment ▁of ▁the ▁language ▁under ▁study . ▁This ▁has ▁not ably ▁been ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁the ▁Egypt ian , ▁S umer ian , ▁Ass y rian , ▁H itt ite , ▁U gar it ic ▁and ▁Lu w ian ▁languages . ▁Begin ning ▁with ▁the ▁famous ▁de ci pher ment ▁and ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Ros etta ▁Stone ▁by ▁Jean - Fran çois ▁Champ oll ion ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 2 , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁individuals ▁attempted ▁to ▁de ci pher ▁the ▁writing ▁systems ▁of ▁the ▁An cient ▁Near ▁East ▁and ▁A ege an . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Old ▁Pers ian ▁and ▁My c ena e an ▁Greek , ▁de ci pher ment ▁yield ed ▁older ▁records ▁of ▁languages ▁already ▁known ▁from ▁slightly ▁more ▁recent ▁trad itions ▁( Middle ▁Pers ian ▁and ▁Al ph ab etic