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] KHU·T. Noun: "_horizon_". E NORTH ^{62}
[glyphs] KHUTI. Dual of the preceding word: "_the two horizons_". See under
RÂ-HOR-KHUTI.
[glyphs] KHEPERA. The god "_Khepera_", literally "_the creator_". E SOUTH
^{63}
[glyphs] KHEPESH. Noun: "_strength, power, victory_". N CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] KHER. Conj. and prep.: "_for_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] KHERP-KHEPER-RÂ-SOTEP-EN-RÂ. The first cartouche or the royal name
of Osarkon I., {186}"_made governor by Ra, chosen of Ra_". SMALL SIDE
INSCRIPTIONS E ^{72 72} S ^{72 72} W ^{72 72} N _72 72_
[glyphs] KHA·T. Noun: "_belly, womb_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] KHA·T. Same word as the preceding: "_belly, womb_". E SOUTH ^{64}
[glyphs] KHET. Noun: "_thing; things_". PYR. NORTH ^{54}
[glyphs] KHATF. Prep. and conj.: "_for, before; since, because_". N CENT.
^{60} WEST ^{70}
[glyphs] S
[glyphs] SA. Noun: "_son, child, offspring_". E NORTH ^{62 62} CENT. ^{56}
SOUTH ^{64 64} S EAST ^{65 65} CENT. ^{58} WEST ^{66 66} W NORTH ^{67 67}
CENT. ^{59} SOUTH ^{68 68} N EAST ^{69 69} CENT. ^{61} WEST ^{70 70} PYR.
EAST ^{48} SOUTH ^{50} WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{55} SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONS E
^{72 72} S ^{72 72} W ^{72 72} N ^{72 72}
[glyphs] SA. Same word as the preceding: "_son, child, offspring_". E SOUTH
^{63} S WEST ^{66} W SOUTH ^{68} N WEST ^{70}
[glyphs] S·ÂHÂ. Verb, causative form of ÂHÂ "_to raise_", hence: "_to cause
to be raised, erect_". S CENT. ^{58}
[glyphs] SU. Personal pronoun third person: "_he, him; himself; she, her;
herself; it; itself; they, them; themselves_". E SOUTH ^{64} N EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] SU. Same word as the preceding: "_he; him; &c._" N CENT. ^{60}
{187}[glyphs] S·USEKH. Verb, causative form of USEKH "_to extend_", hence:
"_to cause to be extended_". N CENT. ^{60}
[glyphs] SEP. Noun: "_time, times_", after numerals. S CENT. ^{58}
[glyphs] S·MENKH. Verb, causative of MENKH "_to be beautiful_", hence: "_to
render beautiful, embellish_". W CENT. ^{59}
[glyphs] SEN. Personal pronoun third person plural masculine: "_they; them;
their_". E CENT. ^{56 56}
[glyphs] S·HEB. Verb, causative form of HEB "_to be glad_", hence: "_to
cause to rejoice, gladden_". N EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] SUTEN. Noun: "_king_". E CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] SUTEN. Same word as the preceding: "_king_". S WEST ^{66} N WEST
^{70}
[glyphs] SUTENηT. Noun, derived from the preceding word: "_kingdom_". E
CENT. ^{56}
[glyphs] SUTEN-KAUT (doubtful!). Noun: "_the king of Upper and Lower
Egypt_". 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. WEST ^{52} NORTH ^{54} SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONS E ^{72 72} S
^{72 72} W ^{72 72} N ^{72 72}
[glyphs] SED. In the phrase SED-HEB "_the thirty year period festival_". S
CENT. ^{58}
[glyphs] S·ZEF. Verb, causative form of ZEF "_to be {188}full_", hence:
"_to cause to be filled, provide with_". N EAST ^{69}
[glyphs] SH
[glyphs] SHEP. Verb: "_to seize, obtain_". E SOUTH ^{64}
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