The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of ObelisksMoldenke, Charles E.
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The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks
Moldenke, Charles E.
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.); Inscriptions, Egyptian
[glyphs] F. Third person sing. masc. pers. and possessive pronoun: "_he,
him, his; it, its_". E NORTH ^{62} CENT. ^{56 56 56 57} SOUTH ^{64} S EAST
^{65} CENT. ^{58 58 58 58} W NORTH ^{67 67} CENT. ^{59} N EAST ^{69} CENT.
^{60 60} WEST ^{70} PYR. EAST ^{49} SOUTH ^{51} WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{54 55}
[glyphs] M
[glyphs] M. Prep.: "_in, for; at; as_; (made) _of; with_". E CENT.
{179}^{56 56 56 56} S CENT. ^{58 58 58} W CENT. ^{59} N CENT. ^{60} WEST
^{70} PYR. EAST ^{48} SOUTH ^{50} WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{55}
[glyphs] M. Same as preceding: "_in; at; from_". E NORTH ^{62} SOUTH ^{64}
S EAST ^{65} W NORTH ^{67}
[glyphs] MA or MA. Adv.: "_like, as_". E CENT. ^{56 57} SOUTH ^{64} S WEST
^{60} W SOUTH ^{68} N EAST ^{69} WEST ^{70}
[glyphs] MA. Same word as the preceding: "_like, as_". E NORTH ^{62} S EAST
^{65} WEST ^{66} N EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] MÂ. The goddess of truth, "_Ma_". S EAST ^{65} N EAST ^{68}
[glyphs] MÂK. Verb, &c.: "_to protect, ward off; protector_". S WEST ^{66}
[glyphs] MÂK. Same word as the preceding: "_to protect; protector_". N WEST
^{70}
[glyphs] MENNU. Noun: "_monument; monuments_". S CENT. ^{58}
[glyphs] MEN·TU or SETU. Noun, plural of MEN·T or SET "_country_", hence:
"_countries, foreign nations_". N CENT. ^{60} S WEST ^{66} N WEST ^{70}
[glyphs] MEN-KHEPER-RÂ. The first cartouche or the royal name of Thothmes
III., "_the stable and creative sun_". E CENT. ^{56} S CENT. ^{58} W CENT.
^{59} N CENT. ^{60} PYR. EAST ^{47 48} SOUTH ^{50 50} WEST ^{52 53} NORTH
^{54 55}
[glyphs] MENKH. Verb and adjective: "_to be beautiful; beautiful, kind_". S
WEST ^{66} Cf. also the causative form of the same word S·MENKH "_to
embellish_". W CENT. ^{59}
{180}[glyphs] MER. Verb, &c.: "_to love; loving; beloved; love; lover_". E
NORTH ^{62} S EAST ^{65} CENT. ^{58} W NORTH ^{67} N EAST ^{68} CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] MERÎ. Adj., derived from the preceding: "_beloved_". E CENT. ^{57}
S CENT. ^{58} W CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] MERÎTI. Lengthened form of the preceding word: "_beloved, lovely,
beautiful_". E NORTH ^{62}
[glyphs] MES or MESES. Verb, &c.: "_to bring forth, beget; born of; birth;
child_". E NORTH ^{62} CENT. ^{56} SOUTH ^{64} W NORTH ^{67} CENT. ^{59} N
EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] MESES. Same word as the preceding: "_to bring forth; birth; born
of; child_". E CENT. ^{56} N EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] N
[glyphs] N. Prep.: "_by, for_". E CENT. ^{56} SOUTH ^{64} S CENT. ^{58 58
58 58} N EAST ^{69} CENT. ^{60} Sign of the genitive case: "_of, in_". E
CENT. ^{56 56} SOUTH ^{64 64} W CENT. ^{59} SOUTH ^{68} PYR. WEST ^{53}
Sign of the accusative case. E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] N. Same as the preceding. Sign of the genitive case: "_of_". E
NORTH ^{63} SOUTH ^{64}
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