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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

Name: The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks
Author: Moldenke, Charles E.

Moldenke, Charles E.

Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.); Inscriptions, Egyptian

User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ  neb      heb       ma      tef ·   f
        Ramses II. ·    lord of · festival · like · father · his ·

  Ptah-tathunen     sa         Râ   Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su nuter  nuteri
  Ptah-tatunen · the son of    Râ ·      Ramses II. ·     god · morning

     dûa         taui            rekh       hapu       shef · t      em
  star of · the two countries · knowing · the laws · awe inspiring · in ·

   arî · tu       neb             taui  User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ  sa    Râ
  (his) works · the lord of · the two countries · Ramses II. · son of Râ ·

  Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su   du     ânkh
       Ramses II. ·    giving · life.

_i. e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, the powerful bull,
beloved of Ma_.[19] He is _Ramses II., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt,
the lord of festivals_, who is _like his father Ptah of Memphis_.[20] He is
_the Sun's offspring, Ramses II., a god_ himself, _the morning-star of the
two countries_, who is well _versed in the laws_ and _awe inspiring in_ his
_works_. He is _the lord of the two countries_ [Egypt], _Ramses II., the
Sun's offspring Ramses II., who gives life_.


{66}SOUTH FACE [WESTERN COLUMN].

     Hor-pet         qa    nekht   Râ      sa          suten-kaut?
  The heavenly Horus · bull · powerful · Râ's · son · king of Upper and

     User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ   neb mut _or_ sheta     neb ârâ _or_ mehen · t
   Lower Egypt · Ramses II. · lord of the Vulture   lord of the Uræus-snake
                                  diadem ·                  diadem ·

       mâk       Qem · t     uâf         men · tu?       sa      Râ
  protector of · Egypt · smiter of · the countries · the son of  Râ ·

  Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su suten  menkh   ma    Râ   ..........        neb taui
  Ramses II. ·         king · kind · like · Râ · _illegible!_ · lord of the
                                                            two countries ·
  User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ    sa Râ   Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su   ma Râ
      Ramses II. ·       the son of Râ · Ramses II. ·      to-day
                                                   (_literally_: like Râ).


_i. e._ Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, the powerful bull, the
son of Ra_. He is _Ramses II., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, the lord
of the Vulture_ and _Uræus diadems, who protects Egypt_ and _smites the_
foreign _nations_. He is _the Sun's offspring, Ramses II., a kind ruler
like Ra, .......... the lord of the two countries_ [Egypt], _Ramses II.,
the Sun's offspring, Ramses II., now_ and forever.


{67}WEST FACE [NORTHERN COLUMN].

      Hor-pet          qa     nekht      Râ    mer          suten-kaut?
  The heavenly Horus · bull · powerful · Râ · beloved · king of Upper and

     User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ    Râ      meses      nuteru     ger
  Lower Egypt · Ramses II. · the Sun · born of · the gods · possessing ·

      taui               sa Râ     Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su  ..........
  the two countries · the son of Râ ·     Ramses II.   · _illegible!_

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The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks

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