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] NEB. Noun: "_lord, master_". E NORTH ^{62} SOUTH ^{64 64} S EAST
^{65 65} CENT. ^{58} WEST ^{66} W NORTH ^{67} SOUTH ^{68} N EAST ^{69 69}
WEST ^{70} PYR. EAST ^{47 49 49} SOUTH ^{50 51 51} WEST ^{52 53 53} NORTH
^{54 54 55} Adj.: "_all, every_". E CENT. ^{57} N EAST ^{69} CENT. ^{60 61}
WEST ^{70 70} PYR. EAST ^{49} SOUTH ^{51} NORTH ^{55}
[glyphs] NEB·T. Feminine of the preceding word: "_mistress, {181}queen_". E
CENT. ^{56} where by mistake, perhaps, it stands for the preceding word and
means "_lord_".
[glyphs] Pronunciation doubtful, either NEB MUT NEB ÂRÂ or NEB SHETA NEB
MEHEN·T: "_the lord of the Vulture and Uræus diadems_". The title of
Pharaoh as the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. E CENT. ^{56} S WEST ^{66} N
WEST ^{70}
[glyphs] NUB. Noun: "_gold_". In the phrase HOR-NUB "_the golden hawk_ or
_Horus_". E SOUTH ^{64} W SOUTH ^{68} N CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] NEFER. Adj.: "_good, gracious, benevolent, beautiful_". PYR. EAST
^{47} SOUTH ^{50} WEST ^{52 53} NORTH ^{54} BASE OF E ^{71 71 71 71} S ^{71
71 71 71} W ^{71 71 71 71} N ^{71 71 71 71}
[glyphs] NEFERU. Plural of the preceding word: "_beauty_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] NEN. Adv.: "_not_". S CENT. ^{58} W NORTH ^{67}
[glyphs] NEHEH or, possibly, only HEH. Noun, &c.: "_eternity; eternal;
forever_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] NEKHT. Adj. and noun: "_powerful, valiant, mighty; strength_". E
NORTH ^{62} CENT. ^{56} SOUTH ^{63} S EAST ^{65} CENT. ^{58} WEST ^{66} W
NORTH ^{67} CENT. ^{59} SOUTH ^{68} N EAST ^{68} CENT. ^{60} WEST ^{70}
PYR. EAST ^{48} SOUTH ^{50} WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{55}
[glyphs] NEKHTU. Plural of the preceding word: "_victory_". N CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] NEKHTU. Same word as the preceding: "_victory_". E SOUTH ^{64} W
SOUTH ^{68}
{182}[glyphs] ENT. Lengthened form of the preposition N (cf. above). Sign
of the genitive case: "_of_". N CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] ENTI (others read ENTET). Relative pronoun: "_who, which, what;
whose; whom_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] NUTER. Noun and adj.: "_god; divine_". E CENT. ^{57} PYR. EAST
^{47 49} SOUTH ^{50 51} WEST ^{52 53} NORTH ^{54} BASE OF E ^{71 71} S ^{71
71} W ^{71 71} N ^{71 71} Reading from right to left. BASE OF E ^{71 71} S
^{71 71} W ^{71 71} N ^{71 71}
[glyphs] NUTER. Same word as the preceding: "_god_". S EAST ^{65}
[glyphs] NUTERU. Plural of NUTER: "_gods_". E CENT. ^{57}
[glyphs] NUTERU. Same word as the preceding: "_gods_". E NORTH ^{62} W
NORTH ^{67}
[glyphs] NUTERI DÛA. Noun: "_morning-star_". S EAST ^{65}
[glyphs] R
[glyphs] R. Prep.: "_out, over, for, as, in order to_". E SOUTH ^{64 64} N
EAST ^{69 69} CENT. ^{60 60} PYR. E ^{49} S ^{51} W ^{53} N ^{55}
[glyphs] RU. Noun: "_mouth, end_". N CENT. ^{60}
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