_i. e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, the powerful_ and _glorious bull_ [king] _in Thebes_.[2] He is _the lord of the Vulture_ and _Uræus diadems_[3], and his _kingdom is established_ as firmly _as the sun in the heavens_. His name is[4]: "_He whom Tum, the lord of Heliopolis, has begotten_, and who is _the son of his loins, whom Thoth has brought forth_"[5], who _was created by them_ [the gods] _in the great temple_ of Heliopolis _in the beauty of their limbs,_ and _who knew_ beforehand _what he would do to establish_ for himself _an eternal kingdom_. He is _Thothmes III., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, beloved of the great god Tum and his circle of gods, who gives all life, stability, and strength now and for ever!_ {58}SOUTH FACE [CENTRAL COLUMN]. Almost the entire column on this side is in a very poor condition, the hieroglyphs being hardly discernible. The following, however, may prove to be a correct restoration of the inscription. Hor-pet qa nekht Râ mer suten-kaut? The heavenly Horus · bull · powerful · Râ · beloved · king of Upper and Men-kheper-Râ ar nef em mennu · f Lower Egypt · Thothmes III. · made · by him · for · monument · his · en tef neb An s · âhâ nef for · father · lord of · Heliopolis · caused to erect · by him · tekhenui ûrui benben · t em usem em sep two obelisks · large · the pyramidion · of · gold-metal · at · time · tep sed-heb .......... nen first (of) · the thirty-year-period · ... _illegible!_ ... · not · ar nef sa Râ Dehuti-meses-nefer-kheperu (as) done by him · the son of Râ · Thothmes III. · Râ-Hor-khuti merî zeta Râ-Hor-Khuti · beloved · forever. _i. e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, the powerful bull, beloved of Ra_. He is _Thothmes III., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, who has made_ this to be _his monument_ in honor _of_ his _father_ Tum, _the lord of Heliopolis_, and who _has set up for him two[6] large obelisks, the pyramidion_ being covered _with gold-metal,[7] on the first day[8] of the thirty-year festival[9] ..........[10] No one_ has ever done what _he did, the Sun's offspring_, {59}_Thothmes III., the beloved of Ra-Hor-Khuti_, who lives _forever_. WEST FACE [CENTRAL COLUMN]. The abrasion caused by the sand of the Libyan desert has effaced almost every hieroglyph on this side of the obelisk. All that can be seen is given below. Hor-pet qa nekht khâ em Us The heavenly Horus · bull · powerful · glorious · in · Thebes · suten-kaut? Men-kheper-Râ s · menkh king of Upper and Lower Egypt · Thothmes III. · causing to be adorned · per en meses am · f .......... the house · of · birth · there · his · ...._illegible!_.... ·