[8] This passage is supplied from the London Obelisk. [9] This was a festival celebrated every thirty years, also called the festival of the trentenary cycle. The real meaning of these highly important festivals is not yet fully understood. [10] This passage is totally destroyed and indecipherable. [11] [glyphs] is an abbreviated form for [glyphs] QA "_to lift up, raise_"; therefore literally: "who has raised the crown". [12] The white crown was that of Upper Egypt, which was then the most important part of the empire and the seat of government (cf. page 31). [13] This term may also be translated according to Dümichen "Horus of the golden necklace". This necklace [glyphs] was the usual mark of distinction for valor in battle, and it was the king's prerogative to bestow it on his chiefs. Horus, the avenger of his father Osiris, is the Mars of Roman mythology. The whole expression, therefore, means "the valiant hero". [14] USER-MÂ-RÂ-SOTEP-EN-RÂ is the royal or divine name of the "Pharaoh of the Oppression", which signifies: _the Sun, mighty in Truth, chosen of the Sun_. [15] AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU is the family name of the same Pharaoh, or his name as prince before he ascended the throne, and signifies: _the beloved of Amen, the Sun, who begets himself_. [16] ATEN is another name of the sun-god Râ. This deity was represented as the sun giving forth rays, each of which terminated in a hand holding the sign [glyphs] (ÂNKH) "_life_"). The picture on page 30 will make this plain. [17] KHEPERA, literally "_the Creator_", is another name of the sun-god and represents the invisible sun of night. The beetle ([glyphs]) or scarab was sacred to this deity, whose picture is given on page 28. [18] _i. e._ like the ever-rising sun (cf. page 28). [19] MÂ is the Egyptian goddess of Truth. [20] PTAH-TATHUNEN is a name of Ptah as the chief deity of Memphis in Lower Egypt. Cf. the Glossary. End of Project Gutenberg's The New York Obelisk, by Charles E. Moldenke