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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

OF THE EGYPTIAN WORDS OCCURRING ON THE NEW YORK OBELISK.


The words in this Glossary are arranged according to the Hieroglyphic
alphabet as follows:

       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  b   | [glyphs]  l   | [glyphs]  k
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  p   | [glyphs]  h   | [glyphs]  g
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  f   | [glyphs]  h   | [glyphs]  t
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  i   | [glyphs]  m   | [glyphs] kh   | [glyphs] th
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  i   | [glyphs]  m   | [glyphs]  s   | [glyphs] th
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs]  s   | [glyphs]  d
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs] sh   | [glyphs]  z
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs] sh   | [glyphs]  z
                     |               |               |
                     | [glyphs]  r   | [glyphs]  q   |

As there was no fixed orthography among the ancient Egyptians the same word
is frequently spelled in many different ways. This will be noticed in the
following pages.--The plural of nouns or adjectives was formed by adding
three lines ([glyphs]) to the word or by repeating the Hieroglyphic sign of
the word three times.--The dual was formed by adding two lines ([glyphs])
or by repeating the sign twice.--The dot before the t (·T) denotes that the
t is the feminine ending, which was pronounced by the ancient Egyptians
only slightly or, probably, not at all.

{175}_Abbreviations_: E stands for East Face of the Obelisk; W for the West
Face; N for the North Face; S for the South Face. PYR. stands for
Pyramidion. EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH denote the vertical columns of the
Obelisk on that particular side of its face. CENT. denotes the central
column. The small numerals refer to the pages of the book.


[glyphs] A


[glyphs] AM. Prep. "_in._" Adv. "_there, where_." W CENT. ^{59}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU. Second cartouche or the family name of
Ramses II., "_beloved of Amen, the Sun, begetting himself_". E NORTH ^{62
63} SOUTH ^{64 64} S EAST ^{65 65} WEST ^{66 66} W SOUTH ^{68 68} NORTH
^{67 67} N WEST ^{70 70} EAST ^{69 69}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU. Same as preceding. BASE OF E ^{71 71} S ^{71
71} W ^{71 71} N ^{71 71}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-ÛSARKEN. Second cartouche or the family name of Osarkon
I., "_beloved of Amen, Osarkon_". SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONS E ^{72 72} S ^{72
72} W ^{72 72} N ^{72 72}

[glyphs] AN. "_Heliopolis._" E CENT. ^{56} S CENT. ^{58} N EAST ^{69} PYR.
WEST ^{52 53} SOUTH ^{51}

[glyphs] AR. Verb: "_to make, form, fashion; making, maker_". E CENT. ^{56}
W NORTH ^{67 67} S CENT. ^{58 58} N WEST ^{70} PYR. WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{54
55}

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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

OF THE EGYPTIAN WORDS OCCURRING ON THE NEW YORK OBELISK.


The words in this Glossary are arranged according to the Hieroglyphic
alphabet as follows:

       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  b   | [glyphs]  l   | [glyphs]  k
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  p   | [glyphs]  h   | [glyphs]  g
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  a   | [glyphs]  f   | [glyphs]  h   | [glyphs]  t
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  i   | [glyphs]  m   | [glyphs] kh   | [glyphs] th
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  i   | [glyphs]  m   | [glyphs]  s   | [glyphs] th
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs]  s   | [glyphs]  d
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs] sh   | [glyphs]  z
                     |               |               |
       [glyphs]  u   | [glyphs]  n   | [glyphs] sh   | [glyphs]  z
                     |               |               |
                     | [glyphs]  r   | [glyphs]  q   |

As there was no fixed orthography among the ancient Egyptians the same word
is frequently spelled in many different ways. This will be noticed in the
following pages.--The plural of nouns or adjectives was formed by adding
three lines ([glyphs]) to the word or by repeating the Hieroglyphic sign of
the word three times.--The dual was formed by adding two lines ([glyphs])
or by repeating the sign twice.--The dot before the t (·T) denotes that the
t is the feminine ending, which was pronounced by the ancient Egyptians
only slightly or, probably, not at all.

{175}_Abbreviations_: E stands for East Face of the Obelisk; W for the West
Face; N for the North Face; S for the South Face. PYR. stands for
Pyramidion. EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH denote the vertical columns of the
Obelisk on that particular side of its face. CENT. denotes the central
column. The small numerals refer to the pages of the book.


[glyphs] A


[glyphs] AM. Prep. "_in._" Adv. "_there, where_." W CENT. ^{59}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU. Second cartouche or the family name of
Ramses II., "_beloved of Amen, the Sun, begetting himself_". E NORTH ^{62
63} SOUTH ^{64 64} S EAST ^{65 65} WEST ^{66 66} W SOUTH ^{68 68} NORTH
^{67 67} N WEST ^{70 70} EAST ^{69 69}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU. Same as preceding. BASE OF E ^{71 71} S ^{71
71} W ^{71 71} N ^{71 71}

[glyphs] AMEN-MER-ÛSARKEN. Second cartouche or the family name of Osarkon
I., "_beloved of Amen, Osarkon_". SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONS E ^{72 72} S ^{72
72} W ^{72 72} N ^{72 72}

[glyphs] AN. "_Heliopolis._" E CENT. ^{56} S CENT. ^{58} N EAST ^{69} PYR.
WEST ^{52 53} SOUTH ^{51}

[glyphs] AR. Verb: "_to make, form, fashion; making, maker_". E CENT. ^{56}
W NORTH ^{67 67} S CENT. ^{58 58} N WEST ^{70} PYR. WEST ^{53} NORTH ^{54
55}

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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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