Amasis II, transport under, 30. Amenemḥêt III, expedition, 29. Anastasi papyrus, 30, 35. Balls of dolerite (see ‘pounders’). Basic nuclei at Aswân, 12. Bed of removed obelisk, 17, 20. Bending stress, 42, 43. Block and tackle, 38. Boat, loading obelisk on, 33. Boats, 32, 33. Boning rods, 7. Burning, to break up granite, 4, 5. Calculations, ancient, 30, 35, 43. Canal, suggestion by Pliny, 33, 49. Capstan, 38. Centre lines, 8. Centre of gravity, 42. Chisel marks, 5, 11. Chisels,  — copper, 24–27.  — stone, 26. Cleopatra’s needle (see London obelisk). Colossi, 23, 35. Compartments in brick ramp, 35. Constantinople obelisk, 3, 43. Copper chisels, 24–27.  — micro-examination of, 52.  — tempering of, 27. Cost of excavation, 2. Cracks,  — ancient examination of, 6.  — in obelisk, 6–8, 10. Crowbars, 4 (note 2). Cubit,  — alleged lapidary, 19.  — common, 19.  — obelisk, 20.  — royal Egyptian, 19, 20. Cutting granite, 25–27. Date of obelisk, 3. Derricks, 38, 53. Detaching obelisk from bed, 23–25. Dḥutḥotpe, statue of, 30, 38. Dimensions of obelisks, 9. Dolerite, 12, 13, 26. Double-foot, 11, 7. Embankment for erecting obelisks, 35, 37. Emery, 5, 27. Entasis, absence of, 7. Erection of obelisks, 35–42, 50, 51, 52.  — by direct raising, 36, 51.  — by embankment, 37.  — by embankment and funnel, 38–42.  — New York, 52.  — Paris, 53.  — Seringapatam, 36.  — under “Rhamsesis”, 36.  — Vatican, 51. Expeditions for stone, 29, 30.  — Amenemḥêt III, 29.  — Menthuḥotpe IV, 29.  — Ramesses IV, 29. Extraction of obelisk from quarry, 23–27. Finger, division of cubit, 19. Fissures, ancient examination of, 6.  — in obelisk, 6, 7, 10. Foot, as measure, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20. Friction of sled, 30, 31, 38. Funnel for erecting obelisks, 38–42. Geology of Aswân, 12. Glaze, natural, on pot, 44. Graffiti, 46. Guide-lines for masons, 6, 8, 11, 17. Gum, acacia, 44. Gyn, 38. Hammâmât, quarries, 26. Hammer-dressing, 7, 8. Hammer, granite from Saqqârah, 5. Ḥatshepsôwet,  — obelisk of, 9, 14, 32, 41.  — obelisk on sled, 32. Hieratic inscriptions, 20, 44. Ḥori, the scribe, 30, 35. Inscription  — on bed of small obelisk, 21.  — on rocks, 46.  — on ostrakon, 46.  — on quarry-face, 20. Iron,  — halberd of, 26.  — preservation of, 26.  — wedges, 5, 26. Karnak, obelisk of pylon VII, 9, 10. Lateran obelisk, 9, 10. Later project, dimensions of, 9. Length of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9. Levers, for tilting obelisks, 23–25.  — note on, 37. Lines,  — guide, 6, 8, 11, 17.  — measuring, 11. London obelisk, 9, 53, 54. Luxor-Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53. Maṭarieh obelisk, 9. Menthuḥotpe, expedition of, 29. _Mindâlah_, 13. Modern erections of obelisks, 31, 33, 52–54. Modulus of rupture for granite, 43. New York obelisk, 9, 33, 52. Nineveh, transport at, 30. Obelisks,  — alleged 108‐cubit, 3, 43.  — ancient problem on, 30.  — dimensions of, 9.  — erection of, 35–43.