sa Râ Dehuti-meses-nefer-kheperu Râ-Hor-khuti {60} the son of Râ · Thothmes III. · Râ-Hor-Khuti · merî zeta beloved · forever. _i. e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, the powerful_ and _glorious bull_ [king] _in Thebes_. He is _the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Thothmes III., who has embellished the house where he was born, .........., the Sun's offspring, Thothmes III., the beloved of Ra-Hor-Khuti_, who lives _forever_. NORTH FACE [CENTRAL COLUMN]. Hor-pet hez qa Râ mer The heavenly Horus · the white crown · lifting · Râ · beloved · king of suten-kaut? Men-kheper-Râ Hor-nub har Upper and Lower Egypt · Thothmes III. · the golden Horus · rejoicing in · nekht hu hequ men · tu? pehu su strength · smiting · the princes (of) · the countries · distant · they · khatf utu nef tef Râ nekhtu er ta because · ordered · for him · father · Râ · victories · over · land · neb dem·t ent khepesh em ru dedui · all · completeness · of · power · at · the end of · the two hands · f er s·usekh tash·tu Qem · t his · in order to · cause to be extended · the boundaries of · Egypt · sa Râ Dehuti-meses-nefer-kheperu du ânkh neb zeta the son of · Râ · Thothmes III. · giving · life · all · forever. {61}_i.e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, who has crowned_[11] himself _with the white crown_[12], _beloved of Ra_. He is _Thothmes III., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, the golden Horus_[13], _rejoicing in_ his _strength, the vanquisher of the princes of the countries which are distant_. He did this _because_ his _father Ra had_ so _commanded him_, and had then given him _victories over the entire world_, and had placed _an abundance of power on his arm, so that he_ [the king] _might enlarge the boundaries of Egypt_. This was done by _the Sun's offspring, Thothmes III., who gives all life forever_. {62}_II. Inscriptions of Ramses II._ The inscriptions of Ramses II. are found in the two vertical columns to the right and left of the central column of each face and the two horizontal lines at the base of each face of the obelisk. The inscriptions are in a much better condition than those of Thothmes III., and can be more readily deciphered. They were engraved on the stone not quite three centuries after the pyramidions and the central columns were inscribed. Even a casual observer will notice that the hawk at the top of each central column is larger than those to the right and left of it, these being crowded into the remaining space. EAST FACE [NORTHERN COLUMN]. Hor-pet qa nekht Râ mer suten-kaut? The heavenly Horus · bull · powerful · Râ · beloved · king of Upper and