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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

Lateran             Thebes             Th'th. III. IV.  105 "   6 "
Vatican             _not inscribed._                     83 "  1½ "
Flaminian           Heliopolis         Seti I.           78 "   6 "
Campensis           Heliopolis         Psametik II. ?    71 "   5 "
Pamphilian          Rome               Domitian          54 "   3 "
S^a. Maria Magg.    Heliopol. ?        _not inscribed._  48 "   5 "
Mt. Cavallo         Heliopol. ?        _not inscribed._  45 "   - "
Sallustian          Rome               _Copy of Seti I._ 43 "   6 "
Barberini           Rome               Hadrian           30 "   - "
Mahutean            Heliopolis         Ramses II.        20 "   - "
Piazza della        Sais?              Psametik II.?     17 "   7 "
        Minerva
Villa Mattei           ?               Ramses II.         8 "   3 "

  _In other parts of Italy and Sicily_:

Boboli Gardens,     Heliopolis         Ramses II.?       16 "   1 "
        Florence
Florence               ?                  ?               7 "   - "
Florence               ?                  ?               5 "  10 "
28. Benevento       Benevento          Domitian           9 "   - "
Borgian, Naples        ?               Domitian?          6 "   7 "
Catania             Catania            _Roman copy?_     12 "   4 "

  _In France_:

Luxor, [Paris]      Thebes             Ramses II.        74 "  11 "
Arles               Arles              Constantine?      56 "   9 "

  _In England_:

Alexandrian         Heliopolis         Thothmes III.     68 "  5½ "
        [in London]
Alnwick Castle         ?               Amenophis II.      7 "   3 "
        or Sion House?
36. Amyrtæus           ?               Amyrtæus [465]    19 "   9 "
            British Mus.
Corfe Castle        Philæ              Ptol. Euerg. II.  22 "  1½ "

  _In Germany_:

Albani Munich          ?               Domitian?            ?
Lepsius Berlin      Memphis            IV. or V. dyn.     2 "  1½ "

  _In the United States_:

Cleopatra's         Heliopolis         Thothmes III.     69 "   6 "
        Needle

II. PROSTRATE OBELISKS.

Karnak              Thebes             Thothmes I.          ?
Karnak              Thebes             Hatasu               ?
Bejij               Crocodilop.        Usertesen I.      42 "   9 "
   4-7. Sân               Tanis              Ramses II.           ?
Assuân              _still in the quarry._               95 "   - "
Nahasb              Sinaitic              ?               7 "  11 "
                          Peninsula
11. Drah-abul-Neggah  Thebes           Antef [XI. dyn.]     ?

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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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