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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

BORGIAN OBELISK. A small obelisk in the Museum of Naples, Italy, bearing a
single column of hieroglyphs. It was perhaps erected by Domitian, and had
an inscription similar to that of the Albani Obelisk (which see). It was
found at Præneste near Rome in 1791 and was formerly in the Borgian Museum
at Velletri. ^{10}

{105}BOUSSARD. A French engineer in the army of Napoleon I., who discovered
the Rosetta Stone at Fort St. Julien in 1799. ^{92}

BRUGSCH, Heinrich. The greatest living Egyptologist and disciple of
Lepsius. He was born in Berlin on Feb. 18, 1827, and is at present
Professor of Egyptology in the same city. ^{26}

BUBASTIS. Now Tel-Basta. The capital of the XVIIIth nome of Lower Egypt,
the [Hebrew: PIY-VESET], _Pi-Beseth_, of the Bible (Ezek. xxx: 17), and
called by the Egyptians [glyphs] PER-BAS·T, "_the home of the goddess
Bast_". The temple of this deity, the goddess of love, is now a mass of
ruins. ^{92}

BÛLÂK. The port of Cairo. Here is the famous "Musée Boulaq", the national
Egyptian Museum, founded by the French Egyptologist Mariette (died 1881).
^{38}

BUSIRIS. Now Abu-Sîr, situated about half-way down the Damietta branch of
the Nile. The capital of the IXth nome of Lower Egypt, called in Egyptian
[glyphs] PER-USAR·T, "_the house of Osiris_", and by the Copts [Coptic:
pousiri] [Pûsiri], whence the Greek Busiris. ^{92}

BYZANTIUM. An ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus, now occupied by the city
of Constantinople. It was founded about B. C. 667, and was for a long time
the capital of the Eastern Greek Empire. ^{8}

CAESAR. At first the surname of the Roman gens (or house) Julia, but after
the time of Augustus the title of the Roman emperors. The word was applied
indiscriminately to all the emperors, but stands for Augustus on our
obelisk-crab. ^{73 74 82}

CAESAR-ÂNKH-ZETA-PTAH-AS·T-MER. The family name of the emperor Augustus
(which see). ^{39}

CAESAREUM. A temple in Alexandria dedicated to the {106}Roman emperors,
where divine honors were paid them. ^{39}

CAIRO. The capital of Egypt, situated twelve miles above the place where
the Nile resolves itself into its seven branches. It was founded about A.
D. 973 on the site of the former town of Fostât ([Arabic: ALFSTAT]). The
stones of ancient Memphis helped to build up the city. The Arabic name of
Cairo is El-Kâhira ([Arabic: ALQAHRH] "_the victorious city_"). ^{1 5 11 36
38 90 91}

CAIRO OBELISK. This is said to have formed part of a gate-way in Cairo. It
has now disappeared, but may be identical with one of the Amyrtæus
Obelisks. ^{11}

CALIGULA, Caius Cæsar. The third Roman emperor (A. D. 37-41), whose name in
Egyptian is ^{8}

   suten-kaut?         heq-hequ-Autegreder-Ptah-As·t-mer

  The king of Upper   "The lord of lords, Autocrator,
  and Lower Egypt,     the beloved of Ptah and Isis",

  sa Râ                   Qaîs-Kaîseres-Kermanîqis-ânkh-zeta

  The Sun's offspring,   "Caius Cæsar Germanicus, living forever".

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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.

History

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

BORGIAN OBELISK. A small obelisk in the Museum of Naples, Italy, bearing a
single column of hieroglyphs. It was perhaps erected by Domitian, and had
an inscription similar to that of the Albani Obelisk (which see). It was
found at Præneste near Rome in 1791 and was formerly in the Borgian Museum
at Velletri. ^{10}

{105}BOUSSARD. A French engineer in the army of Napoleon I., who discovered
the Rosetta Stone at Fort St. Julien in 1799. ^{92}

BRUGSCH, Heinrich. The greatest living Egyptologist and disciple of
Lepsius. He was born in Berlin on Feb. 18, 1827, and is at present
Professor of Egyptology in the same city. ^{26}

BUBASTIS. Now Tel-Basta. The capital of the XVIIIth nome of Lower Egypt,
the [Hebrew: PIY-VESET], _Pi-Beseth_, of the Bible (Ezek. xxx: 17), and
called by the Egyptians [glyphs] PER-BAS·T, "_the home of the goddess
Bast_". The temple of this deity, the goddess of love, is now a mass of
ruins. ^{92}

BÛLÂK. The port of Cairo. Here is the famous "Musée Boulaq", the national
Egyptian Museum, founded by the French Egyptologist Mariette (died 1881).
^{38}

BUSIRIS. Now Abu-Sîr, situated about half-way down the Damietta branch of
the Nile. The capital of the IXth nome of Lower Egypt, called in Egyptian
[glyphs] PER-USAR·T, "_the house of Osiris_", and by the Copts [Coptic:
pousiri] [Pûsiri], whence the Greek Busiris. ^{92}

BYZANTIUM. An ancient Greek city on the Bosphorus, now occupied by the city
of Constantinople. It was founded about B. C. 667, and was for a long time
the capital of the Eastern Greek Empire. ^{8}

CAESAR. At first the surname of the Roman gens (or house) Julia, but after
the time of Augustus the title of the Roman emperors. The word was applied
indiscriminately to all the emperors, but stands for Augustus on our
obelisk-crab. ^{73 74 82}

CAESAR-ÂNKH-ZETA-PTAH-AS·T-MER. The family name of the emperor Augustus
(which see). ^{39}

CAESAREUM. A temple in Alexandria dedicated to the {106}Roman emperors,
where divine honors were paid them. ^{39}

CAIRO. The capital of Egypt, situated twelve miles above the place where
the Nile resolves itself into its seven branches. It was founded about A.
D. 973 on the site of the former town of Fostât ([Arabic: ALFSTAT]). The
stones of ancient Memphis helped to build up the city. The Arabic name of
Cairo is El-Kâhira ([Arabic: ALQAHRH] "_the victorious city_"). ^{1 5 11 36
38 90 91}

CAIRO OBELISK. This is said to have formed part of a gate-way in Cairo. It
has now disappeared, but may be identical with one of the Amyrtæus
Obelisks. ^{11}

CALIGULA, Caius Cæsar. The third Roman emperor (A. D. 37-41), whose name in
Egyptian is ^{8}

   suten-kaut?         heq-hequ-Autegreder-Ptah-As·t-mer

  The king of Upper   "The lord of lords, Autocrator,
  and Lower Egypt,     the beloved of Ptah and Isis",

  sa Râ                   Qaîs-Kaîseres-Kermanîqis-ânkh-zeta

  The Sun's offspring,   "Caius Cæsar Germanicus, living forever".

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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