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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

ENGLAND—_Six_.
        Cleopatra’s Needle                           68    5½
        Syon House                                    8    0
        British Museum (2)                            8    1
        Kingston-Lacy Hall (Bankes)                  22    0
        Alnwick Castle, sandstone                    33    0

    FRANCE—_Two_.
        Paris, from Luxor                            76    6
        Arles on the Rhone                           56    9

    CONSTANTINOPLE—_Two_.
        Atmeidan (shortened)                         50    0
        Prioli                                       35    0

    GERMANY—_One_.
        Albani                                       ——   ——

Making a total of thirty-three obelisks at present standing.

With one exception, all the known obelisks are Egyptian; hewn by the
Egyptians, and from the rocks of Egypt itself, granite, basalt, and
sandstone; the exception being that of Arles. Putting, however, the
Arles obelisk out of consideration, obelisks admit of being grouped
into Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, and Roman; while a sub-group may be formed
in each class, consisting of the inscribed and uninscribed. The
inscribed obelisks narrate their own history as if endowed with life;
but uninscribed obelisks are mute, and can alone be identified by their
surroundings. As it may be convenient to view the obelisks from each of
these points of view, we have compiled a few lists, which, we believe,
will be found convenient; adopting in every case an order of seniority.

          PHARAONIC OBELISKS.

    Heliopolis, Usertesen.
    Biggig,       ditto.
    Karnak, Thothmes I.
    Karnak, Queen Hatasou.
    St. John Lateran, Thothmes III.
    Constantinople,      ditto.
    Alexandria,          ditto.
    London,              ditto.
    Syon House (Alnwick), Amenophis II.
    Flaminian, Porta del Popolo, Seti I.
    Trinita de Monti,            ditto.
    Luxor, Rameses II.
    Paris,   ditto.
    Pantheon, Piazza Rotunda, ditto.
    Villa Mattei,            ditto.
    St. Peter’s, Vatican, Menephtah.
    Monte Citorio, Psammeticus I.
    Piazza della Minerva, Psammeticus II.
    British Museum (two), Nectanebo I.
    St. Maria Maggiore, Nectanebo II.
    Piazza Quirinale, Monte Cavallo.
    Prioli, Constantinople.
    Nahasb, Saitic.
    Nineveh (two), Theban.

          PTOLEMAIC.

    Bankes, Kingston-Lacy Hall.
    Propylon at Philæ, sandstone.

          ROMAN.

    Domitian, Rome.
    Domitian and Titus, Benevento.
    Hadrian, Rome.
    Albani, Munich.

          UNCERTAIN ORIGIN.

    Alnwick Museum, sandstone.
    Benevento, fragment.
    Florence (two).

          FOREIGN.

    Arles, France.

          UNINSCRIBED OBELISKS.

    St. Peter’s, Rome, Menephtah.
    St. Maria Maggiore, Nectanebo II.
    Piazza Quirinale,      ditto.
    Propylon of Philæ, Ptolemy Philadelphus.
    Albani, Munich.
    Alnwick Museum, sandstone.
    Florence (two).
    Arles, France.

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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

ENGLAND—_Six_.
        Cleopatra’s Needle                           68    5½
        Syon House                                    8    0
        British Museum (2)                            8    1
        Kingston-Lacy Hall (Bankes)                  22    0
        Alnwick Castle, sandstone                    33    0

    FRANCE—_Two_.
        Paris, from Luxor                            76    6
        Arles on the Rhone                           56    9

    CONSTANTINOPLE—_Two_.
        Atmeidan (shortened)                         50    0
        Prioli                                       35    0

    GERMANY—_One_.
        Albani                                       ——   ——

Making a total of thirty-three obelisks at present standing.

With one exception, all the known obelisks are Egyptian; hewn by the
Egyptians, and from the rocks of Egypt itself, granite, basalt, and
sandstone; the exception being that of Arles. Putting, however, the
Arles obelisk out of consideration, obelisks admit of being grouped
into Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, and Roman; while a sub-group may be formed
in each class, consisting of the inscribed and uninscribed. The
inscribed obelisks narrate their own history as if endowed with life;
but uninscribed obelisks are mute, and can alone be identified by their
surroundings. As it may be convenient to view the obelisks from each of
these points of view, we have compiled a few lists, which, we believe,
will be found convenient; adopting in every case an order of seniority.

          PHARAONIC OBELISKS.

    Heliopolis, Usertesen.
    Biggig,       ditto.
    Karnak, Thothmes I.
    Karnak, Queen Hatasou.
    St. John Lateran, Thothmes III.
    Constantinople,      ditto.
    Alexandria,          ditto.
    London,              ditto.
    Syon House (Alnwick), Amenophis II.
    Flaminian, Porta del Popolo, Seti I.
    Trinita de Monti,            ditto.
    Luxor, Rameses II.
    Paris,   ditto.
    Pantheon, Piazza Rotunda, ditto.
    Villa Mattei,            ditto.
    St. Peter’s, Vatican, Menephtah.
    Monte Citorio, Psammeticus I.
    Piazza della Minerva, Psammeticus II.
    British Museum (two), Nectanebo I.
    St. Maria Maggiore, Nectanebo II.
    Piazza Quirinale, Monte Cavallo.
    Prioli, Constantinople.
    Nahasb, Saitic.
    Nineveh (two), Theban.

          PTOLEMAIC.

    Bankes, Kingston-Lacy Hall.
    Propylon at Philæ, sandstone.

          ROMAN.

    Domitian, Rome.
    Domitian and Titus, Benevento.
    Hadrian, Rome.
    Albani, Munich.

          UNCERTAIN ORIGIN.

    Alnwick Museum, sandstone.
    Benevento, fragment.
    Florence (two).

          FOREIGN.

    Arles, France.

          UNINSCRIBED OBELISKS.

    St. Peter’s, Rome, Menephtah.
    St. Maria Maggiore, Nectanebo II.
    Piazza Quirinale,      ditto.
    Propylon of Philæ, Ptolemy Philadelphus.
    Albani, Munich.
    Alnwick Museum, sandstone.
    Florence (two).
    Arles, France.

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