"Horus, powerful Bull, beloved of Ra, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ra-men-Kheper. His father Tum has set up for him a great name, with increase of royalty, in the precincts of Heliopolis, giving him the throne of Seb, the dignity of Kheper, Son of the Sun, Thothmes, the Holy, the Just, beloved of the Bennu of An, ever-living." The first part of the inscription, namely, "Horus, powerful bull, beloved of Ra, king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ra-men-Kheper," is the same as in the first and second side, the only new idea occurring in the lower part of the palatial title, namely, "beloved of Ra." [Illustration] HAND PLOUGH (=mer=) _beloved_. FIGURE (=Ra=) _sun-god_. The seated figure has a hawk's head, surmounted by the aten or solar disk. Ra being the supreme solar deity, the "beloved of Ra" was one of the favourite epithets of the king. [Illustration: "His father Tum set up for him a great name, with increase of royalty."] CHESSBOARD (=men=) _set up_. ZIGZAG (=en=) _has_. After zigzag appears a thick line, which Dr. Birch thinks to be a papyrus roll, the usual sign of possession. SEMICIRCLE (=t=) with cerastes (_ef_) make up (_tef_) _father_. SEMICIRCLE (=t=) phonetic consonantal complement of _t_ in _Tum_. SLEDGE (=tm=) _Tum_. The setting sun, worshipped at Heliopolis, probably same as Atum. The god Tum appears on the four sides of the pyramidion, and some therefore think that the obelisk stood with its companion in front of the temple of Tum at Heliopolis. MOUTH (=ru=) _for_. ZIGZAG (=n=) } } The two form (_nef_) _him_. CERASTES (=ef=)} SWALLOW (=ur=) _great_. This is the usual hieroglyph for greatness. CARTOUCHE (=khen=) _name_. The cartouche is usually the oval form in which the king inscribed his name. Here it stands for _name_. OWL (=em=) _with_. The owl has generally the force of the ablative case. TWISTED CORD (=uah=) _increase_. The top of this hieroglyph resembles papyrus flower, and ought therefore to be distinguished from the simple twisted cord. REED (=su=) _royalty_. [Illustration: "In the precincts of Heliopolis, giving him the throne of Seb, the dignity of Kepher."] OWL (=em=) _m_. Complement to _am_, preceding. CROSS (=am=) _in_. SEMICIRCLE (=ta=) _the_. OBLONG (=hen=) _precincts_. The usual hieroglyph for temple. PYLON (=An=) _Heliopolis_. CIRCLE with CROSS (=nu=) determinative of a city. MOUTH (=r=)} } The two phonetics form _ra_, _giving_. ARM (=a=) } SEMICIRCLE (=ta=) _the_. CERASTES (=ef=) _him_. THRONE (=kher=) _throne_. GOOSE (=s=)} The two phonetics form _sb_ or _Seb_, name of a god. Seb } was the Chronos of the Greeks, the Saturn of the Latins. LEG (=b=) } HORNS ON A POLE (=aa=) _dignity_. On the horns is a coiled rope. ZIGZAG (=en=) _of_.