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ful bull, son of the Shu, the King of the South and North, Ra-user-ma, approved 
of the Ra, the lord of diadems, director of Egypt, chastiser of foreign lands, son 
of the Sun, Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, bringing his offering daily in the 
house of his father Tum, not has been done as he did in the house of his father, 
the lord of the two countries, Ra-user-ma, approved of the Sun, the son of the 
Sun, Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, giver of life, like the Sun. 
‘Fourth Side—Central Line, toward Road (north), as erected on Embank- 
ment.—The Horus of the upper and lower country, beloved of the god of the tall, 
upper crown, the King of the South and North, Ramen Cheper, making offer- 
ings, beloved of the gods, supplying the altar of the Spirits of An (Heliopolis), 
welcoming their persons at the two times of the year, that he might repose through 
them with a sound life of hundreds of thousands of years with very numerous fes- 
tivals of thirty years, the son of the Sun Thothmes (III.), the divine ruler, beloved 
of Haremachu (Horus of the horizons), ever living. 
‘Fourth Side—Right Side.—The Horus, lord of the upper and lower coun- 
try, the powerful bull, beloved of Ra, the King of the South and North, Ra-user- 
ma, approved of the Sun, the Sun born of the gods, holding the countries, the 
son of the Sun Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, the strong hand, the powerfuj 
victor, bull of rulers, king of kings, lord of the two countries, Ra-user-ma, 
approved of the Sun, son of the Sun, Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, beloved 
of Tum, lord of An (Heliopolis), giver of life. 
‘Fourth Side—Left Line. —The Horns, the powerful bull, son of Ptah-Tanen, 
lord of the upper and lower country, the King of the South and North, Ra-user- 
ma, approved of the Sun, the hawk of gold, rich in years, the greatest of victors, 
the son of the Sun Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, leading captive the Rutennu 
(Syrians) and Petit (Libyans) out of their countries to the seat of the house of his 
father, lord of the two countries, Ra-user-ma, approved of the Sun, son of the 
Sun, Ramessu (II.), beloved of Amen, beloved of Shu, the great god, like the 
Sun. 
‘«'The scenes on the pyramidion represent the monarch Thothmes III., under 
the form of a sphinx, with hands offering to the Gods Ra and Atum, the two 
principal deities of Heliopolis. The offerings are water, wine, milk, and incense. 
The inscriptions are the names and titles of the deities, the title of Thothmes III., 
and the announcement of each of his special gifts. 
As before stated, the obelisk which is coming to this country is the more 
perfect of the two, and is the one usually referred to in the books as ¢he ‘‘Cleopa- 
tra’s Needle.” ‘The fact that the Khedive should have presented this noble mon- 
ument to America has excited considerable ill-natured comment in England, and 
has been regarded with considerable jealousy. The temple at Heliopolis, where 
these two monoliths originally stood, is. of interest to biblical students, as it is sup- 
posed to be one in which Moses became learned in all the wisdom of Egypt. 
When the inscription on our ‘‘ Needle” shall have been deciphered, further light 
may be shed upon the history of the remote past in Egypt, which is so profoundly 
