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The Egyptian Obelisks.
Description of Plate IV.
THE OBELISK IN THE PIAZZA NAVONA.
This Obelisk was made in Egypt for the Emperor Domitian, and
is inscribed with his name, and with the blasphemous titles of
Deification which are joined with the names of the earlier Pharaohs :
Sun-god, Son of the Sun-god, Supporter of the World, Giver
of Life to the World, the Man-god Horus, the Son of the
Woman Isis, who is to come to avenge the death of his ancestor,
Osiris, the King Living for ever.
This inscription was actually incised on the Obelisk during the
lifetime of Domitian, for whom it was made, and to whom these
titles were applied. It now stands in the great market-place, oppo-
site to the church of S. Agnes, and on the supposed spot of her
martyrdom. (See p. 6.)
Description of Plate IV.
THE OBELISK IN THE PIAZZA NAVONA.
This Obelisk was made in Egypt for the Emperor Domitian, and
is inscribed with his name, and with the blasphemous titles of
Deification which are joined with the names of the earlier Pharaohs :
Sun-god, Son of the Sun-god, Supporter of the World, Giver
of Life to the World, the Man-god Horus, the Son of the
Woman Isis, who is to come to avenge the death of his ancestor,
Osiris, the King Living for ever.
This inscription was actually incised on the Obelisk during the
lifetime of Domitian, for whom it was made, and to whom these
titles were applied. It now stands in the great market-place, oppo-
site to the church of S. Agnes, and on the supposed spot of her
martyrdom. (See p. 6.)