The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks — John Shaqi
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
Moldenke, Charles E.
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.); Inscriptions, Egyptian
_who brought forth and _who knew_ beforehand the horizon._ He is
himself as sole _what he would do to estab- _the lord of the two
ruler_ and _lord of lish_ for himself _an etern- countries, Ramses
the two countries, al kingdom._ He is _Thothmes II., the Sun's off-
Ramses II., the III., the king of Upper and spring, Ramses II.,
Sun's offspring, Lower Egypt, beloved of the the glorious_ image
Ramses II., the great god Tum and his circle _of Râ, who gives
glorious_ image _of of gods who gives all life, life._
Râ, now_ and forever. stability and strength now
and forever._
Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_!
Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_!
Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_!
Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_!
_Thothmes III., gracious _Tum, lord of the two {76}
god, lord of the two countries, lord of Helio-
countries, giving eternal polis, the great god, the
life._ lord of_ his _temple,
giving him all life._
_The powerful_ and
_glorious bull in _Wine:
Thebes, the Sun's as a
offspring, Thothmes gift._
III._
Behold Pharaoh! He is Behold Pharaoh! He is Behold Pharaoh! He is
_the heavenly Horus, _the heavenly Horus, _the heavenly Horus,
the powerful bull, the the powerful bull, the powerful bull,
son of Râ_. beloved of Râ_. beloved of Mâ_.
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He is _the king of He is _the king of He is _the king of
Upper and Lower Egypt, Upper and Lower Egypt, Upper and Lower Egypt,
Ramses II., the lord Thothmes III., who has Ramses II., the lord
of the Vulture_ and made_ this to be _his of festivals_, who is
_Uræus diadems, who monument_ in honor _like his father Ptah
protects Egypt_ and _of_ his _father_ Tum, of Memphis_. He is
_smites_ all _the_ _the lord of Helio- _the Sun's offspring,
foreign _nations_. He polis_, and who _has Ramses II., a god_
is _the Sun's off- set up for him two himself, _the morning-
spring, Ramses II., a large obelisks, the star of the two coun-
kind ruler like Râ, pyramidion_ being cov- tries_, who is well
................... ered _with gold-metal, _versed in the laws_
................... on the first day of and _awe inspiring in_
................... the thirty-year fest- his _works_. He is
................... ival.... No one_ has _the lord of the two
the lord of the two ever done what _he countries, Ramses II.,
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