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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

nen       ar          ar·       f    em       per        tef·      f
   not · (was) done · (what) did · he · in · the house of · father · his ·

   neb         taui           User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ   sa Râ
  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 Ra_. He is _Ramses II., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt_, who
is _the Sun_ himself and _child of the gods_. He is _master of the two
countries_ [Egypt], _the Sun's offspring, Ramses II. .......... No one has
done_ what _he did in his father's_ [Tum's] _house_. He is _the lord of the
two countries_ [Egypt], _Ramses II., the Sun's offspring, Ramses II., who
gives life_.


{68}WEST FACE [SOUTHERN 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    Hor-nub           user        renpe·tu
  Lower Egypt · Ramses II. · the golden Horus · abounding in · years ·

  â       en    nekhtu     sa Râ   Amen-mer-Râ-meses  ..........
  great · in · victories ·son of Râ · Ramses II. ·    _illegible!_

   neb taui    User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-R   sa Râ  Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su   ma Râ
  lord of the two     Ramses II.   · son of Râ ·   Ramses II. ·     to-day.
  countries ·

_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
golden Horus, who abounds in years_ and _is great in victories_. He is _the
Sun's offspring, Ramses II._,  .......... He is _the lord of the two
countries_ [Egypt], _Ramses II., the Sun's offspring, Ramses II., now_ and
forever.


NORTH FACE [EASTERN COLUMN].

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

    User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ    neb       hebu        ma    tef·     f {69}
  Lower Egypt · Ramses II. · lord of · festivals · like · father · his ·

  Ptah   sa Râ   Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su  meses    en   Râ       er
  Ptah · son of Râ · Ramses II.  ·   begotten · by · Râ · in order to ·

       s·heb            An            er            s·zef
  cause to be glad · Heliopolis ·in order to · cause to be filled ·

        peru         meses        su        neb       taui
  the sanctuaries · begetting · himself · lord of · the two countries ·

  User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ  sa Râ     Amen-mer-Râ-meses-su   du
      Ramses II. ·     the son of Râ ·   Ramses II. ·     giving ·

  ânkh   neb    ma Râ
  life · all · to-day (_literally_: like Râ).

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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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