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Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisksWilson, Erasmus, Sir

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Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks

Name: Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks
Author: Wilson, Erasmus, Sir

Wilson, Erasmus, Sir

Cleopatra's Needle (London, England); Obelisks

Next follows the standard of the king, and below that, the columns
of hieroglyphs; in this instance the middle column representing the
address of Thothmes, on the three sides of the obelisk exposed to view:—

    1. “He is Horus (Apollo), the powerful bull, friend
    of truth, the king, _sun creator of the world_
    (Ra-men-kheper, prenomen), who hath made monuments
    for his father, the _sun of the two zones_, and who
    hath erected two great obelisks with pyramidions
    of gold, which shine with brilliancy at the
    panegyries....

    2. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, son of truth,
    the king, _sun creator of the world_, who hath been
    established on the throne of Seb by his father, the
    god Toum, who hath given him the dignity of Thoré,
    in magnifying his name among the inhabitants of On
    and of the whole world, the son of the sun, Thothmes,
    giving life like the sun for ever.

    3. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, friend of truth,
    the king, _sun creator of the world_, the protector
    of the temples of the gods, who hath given at every
    epoch gifts to the divinities of the city of On, and
    to their servants (the priests), that they may live
    as saints; moreover, like his grandfather, he hath
    established numerous festivals; the son of the sun,
    Thothmes, beloved of the god Toum, _sun of the two
    zones_, giving life like the sun for ever.”

Of the texts of Rameses II., occupying the side columns, the
translations of five are given:—

    1. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, friend of truth,
    the king, _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _preferred
    of Ra_ (Ra-ouser-ma-sotep-en-Ra, prenomen), the lord
    of Upper and Lower Egypt; he who governeth Egypt and
    chastiseth foreign countries, the son of the sun,
    _Rameses Maïamon_, the ruler and benefactor of the
    temple of his father, than whom none has done so much
    as he in this temple, the lord of the two worlds,
    _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _the preferred of Ra_,
    the son of the sun, _Rameses Maïamon_, who giveth
    life like the sun for ever.

    2. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, son of truth, the
    king, _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _the preferred
    of Ra_, the lord of the panegyries, like unto his
    father the god Toum, the son of the sun, _Rameses
    Maïamon_, the germ of his father whom he loveth, whom
    the goddess Athor hath nourished, he is the glory
    and the lord of the two worlds, the _sun_, _guardian
    of justice_, _preferred of Ra_, the son of the sun,
    _Rameses Maïamon_, who, like the sun, giveth life for
    ever.

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Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisksWilson, Erasmus, Sir

History

Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks

Wilson, Erasmus, Sir

Cleopatra's Needle (London, England); Obelisks

Next follows the standard of the king, and below that, the columns
of hieroglyphs; in this instance the middle column representing the
address of Thothmes, on the three sides of the obelisk exposed to view:—

    1. “He is Horus (Apollo), the powerful bull, friend
    of truth, the king, _sun creator of the world_
    (Ra-men-kheper, prenomen), who hath made monuments
    for his father, the _sun of the two zones_, and who
    hath erected two great obelisks with pyramidions
    of gold, which shine with brilliancy at the
    panegyries....

    2. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, son of truth,
    the king, _sun creator of the world_, who hath been
    established on the throne of Seb by his father, the
    god Toum, who hath given him the dignity of Thoré,
    in magnifying his name among the inhabitants of On
    and of the whole world, the son of the sun, Thothmes,
    giving life like the sun for ever.

    3. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, friend of truth,
    the king, _sun creator of the world_, the protector
    of the temples of the gods, who hath given at every
    epoch gifts to the divinities of the city of On, and
    to their servants (the priests), that they may live
    as saints; moreover, like his grandfather, he hath
    established numerous festivals; the son of the sun,
    Thothmes, beloved of the god Toum, _sun of the two
    zones_, giving life like the sun for ever.”

Of the texts of Rameses II., occupying the side columns, the
translations of five are given:—

    1. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, friend of truth,
    the king, _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _preferred
    of Ra_ (Ra-ouser-ma-sotep-en-Ra, prenomen), the lord
    of Upper and Lower Egypt; he who governeth Egypt and
    chastiseth foreign countries, the son of the sun,
    _Rameses Maïamon_, the ruler and benefactor of the
    temple of his father, than whom none has done so much
    as he in this temple, the lord of the two worlds,
    _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _the preferred of Ra_,
    the son of the sun, _Rameses Maïamon_, who giveth
    life like the sun for ever.

    2. “He is Horus, the powerful bull, son of truth, the
    king, _sun_, _guardian of justice_, _the preferred
    of Ra_, the lord of the panegyries, like unto his
    father the god Toum, the son of the sun, _Rameses
    Maïamon_, the germ of his father whom he loveth, whom
    the goddess Athor hath nourished, he is the glory
    and the lord of the two worlds, the _sun_, _guardian
    of justice_, _preferred of Ra_, the son of the sun,
    _Rameses Maïamon_, who, like the sun, giveth life for
    ever.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks

Cleopatra's needle : $b with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks

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