Gorringe, Henry H.: Egyptian obelisks (New York, NY, 1882)

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TEXT OF THE LEFT-HAND LINE.
[&? 22J* 2*27 2722^*277^.]

TEXT OF THE LEFT-HAND LINE.
Horus : the Strong Bull,
Friend of Justice.
The King of Upper and Lower
Egypt;
The Son of the Sun ;
The Creature of the Gods,
Who [has taken possession of] the
Two Worlds.
The Son of the Sun: Ra-user-ma
Meri-amun ;
The Friend of the City of the Sun;
Never before was done what he did
for the City of On.
His Memory is forever fixed in the
City of Turn [/%22772].
The Lord of the Two Worlds: Ra-
user-ma.
The Chosen One of the Sun.
The Son of the Sun [7222772^22 71777*2-
227722272]
Who gives Life.

SOUTH SIDE.
TEXT OF THE CENTRE LINE.
[TV227722* <?/* 72<9y227 /)722722%37*2/.]
Horus : the Strong Bull,
Friend of the Sun-God Ra.
[7%<? (^22:222/ 72%.]
The King of Upper and Lower
Egypt,
Ra-men-kheper . . . . .

WEST SIDE.
TEXT OF THE CENTRE LINE.
[7V22772<? <y 7<%2? 72(9^22/ SY227223?227*2/.]
Horus : the Strong Bull,
Who manifested himself as King in
the Thebaid.
[(^2292227 7Y%.]
The King of Upper and Lower
Egypt:
Ra-men-kheper,
Who caused
Great Rejoicing
In the House of the Sun-God Ra—
[7/2222* M
Who created
The Beauty of the Sun Disk ;
The Day when for the first time
was made . . . . .

TEXT OF THE RIGHT-HAND LINE.
Horus : the Strong Bull,
The Companion and Friend of Jus-
tice.
The King of Upper and Lower
Egypt:
Ra-user-ma:
Lord of the Periods of Thirty years,
Like his Father, the God Ptah ;
Lord of the White Wall [7222772^ <9/*
7%22 ( 22*222%7 <7/ T17?772^^2k].
The Son of the Sun: Ramessu
Meri-amun.
The God : the Divine Being.
The Terrestrial Star of the City of
the Sun-God Ra,
Which is sustained by the deeds of
The Lord of the Two Worlds : Ra-
user-ma.
The Son of the Sun: Ramessu
Meri-amun,
Who gives Life.

TEXT OF THE RIGHT-HAND LINE.
Horus : the Strong Bull,
The Son of the Sun-God Ra.
The King of Upper and Lower
Egypt
Ra-user-ma
The Chosen one of the Sun.
The Golden Horus:
Rich in Years ; Grand in Victories.
The Son of the Sun: Ramessu
Meri-amun. . . . .

The Lord of the Two Worlds
Ra-user-ma
The Chosen One of the Sun,
The Son of the Sun [7222772^22 2lA7*2-
227722272]
. . . . Like the Sun.

" At the foot of the four faces of the obelisk there is a horizontal line of text which reads : ' May he live !
The gracious god: Ra-user-ma—The chosen one of the sun—The gracious god—Ramessu Meri-amun/ "
In explanation of the above it is well to " remark that all Egyptian kings had five distinct appellations,
which were always preceded by five titles/' These titles are :
1. The /V227722' <?/* A%2? 72<9y22/ %22722%37*2/, preceded and indicated by the words, " 77<97*22.r," or " 7797*22^, 7A? S2272."
2. The 6^9222/ 77%, preceded by the words, " The King of Upper and Lower Egypt," or " Lord of the
Two Worlds."
3. The (n9W72 72%?, preceded by the words, " The Lord of the Diadems of the Vulture and of the Serpent
(7 227*22227.?."