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
THOTHMES II. [tótmees]. A king of the XVIIIth dynasty and a son of Thothmes
I. He was a weak monarch and altogether under the influence of his great
sister Hatasu. His name in Egyptian is ^{6}
suten-kaut? Â-kheper-en-Râ sa Râ Dehuti-mes-nefer-khâu
The king of Upper "Formed by the the Sun's "The child of Thoth,
and Lower Egypt, great Sun", offspring, beautiful in his
appearances."
THOTHMES III. [tótmees]. The greatest king of the {151}XVIIIth dynasty, a
son of Thothmes I. His empire extended over all the then known world. The
New York Obelisk was erected by him. His name in Egyptian is ^{6 7 9 10 19
31 35 36 37 38 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 82}
suten-kaut? Men-kheper-Râ sa Râ Dehuti-meses-nefer-kheperu
The king of Upper "The stable and the Sun's "The child of Thoth,
and Lower Egypt, creative Sun", offspring, of beautiful form."
THOTHMES IV. [tótmees]. A king of the XVIIIth dynasty, the successor of
Amenôphis II. He reigned for nine years only, and his Egyptian name is ^{6
9 19}
suten-kaut? Men-kheperu-Râ sa Râ Dehuti-meses-khâ-khâu
The king of Upper "The Sun, stable the Sun's "The child of Thoth,
and Lower Egypt, in his forms", offspring, glorious in his
diadems."
TROJA. The name which the Greeks gave to the town near Memphis, the
[glyphs] RU-ÂU·T (with the feminine article TA-RU-ÂU·T) of the Egyptians.
Here was situated the quarry of Memphis. The similarity of the words gave
rise to the name "Troja" (Troy), which must not, however, be confounded
with the famous Greek city of the same name in Asia Minor. ^{91}
TUM. The Egyptian god of the setting sun. He was especially worshiped in
Heliopolis. In painted inscriptions his color is generally red, like that
of Râ, sometimes, however, also green. His name in Egyptian is [glyphs]
TUM. ^{22 27 28 29 46 51 53 56 57 58 67}
TURA. The quarry of Memphis from which the "white stone" was taken. The
Greeks called it Troja, which see. ^{91}
"TWO COUNTRIES." A designation of Egypt, which was divided into two parts,
Upper and Lower Egypt. It {152}may, however, also signify "heaven and
earth" or "the universe". It is in Egyptian [glyphs] TAUI, "_the two
countries_". (^{39 39}) ^{47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
69 70}
UPPER EGYPT. The southern part of Egypt from the Fayoom to Assuân. ^{2 3 31
84 89}
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