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are the following : The height of 3 plinths in one block, 

 2ft. 10 inches ; of the lower member of the pedestal, 5ft. ; of the 

 upper member, 2ft. 5 inches ; of the shaft, 23ft. 3 \ inches total 

 height, 33ft. 7-^ inches. The spot on which the obelisk now stands 

 was selected by the Duke of Wellington, who laid the foundation 

 stone of it in 1827, and planted most of the Cedar of Lebanon 

 trees on the lawn. The two upper inscriptions on the obelisk are 

 painted in red letters upon the surface ; the lowest is cut in the 

 stone. 



The uppermost inscription is much obliterated ; the following is 

 the translation of what remains : 



. . . . of the Gods Euergetes . . . 



Gods Epiphanes, of the God Eupator, and of the God 



Philometer, and of the Gods Euergetes greeting. We 



have submitted to you the copy of the letter written 



to Lochus our cousin and General, and we permit 



to you the setting up the monument which you 



apply for 



paeon 22." 



The second inscription contains only the following : 

 " King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra 

 the sister and Queen Cleopatra the -wife 



to Lochus their brother greeting to us 



. . . . from the 



a copy 



you shall make .... 



, not to trouble them . . . 



The third inscription is as follows : 

 " To King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra 

 the sister and Queen Cleopatra the wife, 

 beneficent Deities, the Priests of the great Goddess 

 Isis and Abatus and Philar greeting. 

 Whereas those frequenting Philar, as generals 

 and Prefects, and governors of Thebes, and 

 royal scribes, and prefects of the frontier guards, 

 and all other functionaries and constituted 



