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
countries, Ramses II., did, the Sun's off- the Sun's offspring,
the Sun's offspring, spring, Thothmes III., Ramses II., who gives
Ramses II., now_ and the beloved of Râ-Hor- life_.
forever. Khuti_, who lives
_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_!
_Tum, lord of Helio- _The gracious god, {77}
polis, the gracious_ and prince of Heliopolis,
_great god, lord of_ his king, lord of the two
_temple, giving life, countries, Thothmes III.,
stability_, and giving eternal life._
_strength._
_The powerful and
glorious bull in Thebes,
_Pouring out libation to the Sun's offspring,
receive from him life._ Thothmes 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 powerful_ and the powerful bull, the
beloved of Râ._ _glorious bull in son of Râ._
Thebes._
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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.,_ who is Thothmes III., who has Ramses II., the golden
_the Sun_ himself and embellished the house Horus, who abounds in
_the child of the where he was born, years_ and _is great
gods._ He is _master ................... in victories._ He is
of the two countries, ................... _the Sun's offspring,
the Sun's offspring, ................... Ramses II._,
Ramses II. ........ ................... ...................
................... ................... ...................
................... ................... ...................
No one has done_ what ................... ...................
_he did in his ................... He is _the lord of the
father's house._ He is ..................., two countries, Ramses
_the lord of the two the Sun's offspring, II., the Sun's off-
countries, Ramses II., Thothmes III., the be- spring, Ramses II.,
the Sun's offspring, loved of Râ-Hor-Khuti,_ now_ and forever.
Ramses II., who gives who lives _forever._
life._
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