, 1881-03-06

ain, the Tutor and Amanuensis Of his Maj
esty Himself, Master Of the Sculptors OF the
Vast Monuments OF the King i'll tue Temple
ot the Solar 0rb, at the City i. ct haunater ~!
the Son Of Men, the Master OF the Sculptors.' -
From this Inscription we learn that the AS
souan Quarries were known to tle anclents
as the ~ Red Mountain" could give IN"
! Vulnerable examples that give evidence Or ne
wonderful activity which, prevailed at this
Red Aountain,'' where the New York OBJ
elisk WAS Quarried.
TnuT*,rEs III.
This obelisk was made ut the command OF
Ih1ttlncS ILL, who TEigneu sixteen centuries
before the birth OF Christ. II was this
famous conqueror who planted his standard
massive stone monuments OIL the banks of
the Euphrates III memory OF his victories
Wishing to honor the solar divinity III the
Temple Of On, he caused TWO obcliskS to be
constructed be2ring his naf rs aiiG ittes as
to accord him during his campaign III
Central Africa and on. the plains OF
acsopotamia. The INSCRIPTIONS -, which ne
New York obelisk. Unfortunately only upon
two faces has the text remained intact. III
the translator which give below have in,
dicatcd these TWO faces by tue letters A and
-.
refer to the remarks at the commencement Of
this article. The two faces O and d have
been so exposed to the influences ut the
weather and SEA uir that most OF the text Of
the middle lines has disappeared.
The tops Of obellsks. as is we'll known,
were in the shape of pyralllids--the so-callrd
pyramidon. I1irroglyphlc writings tell It's
expressly that these pyraNlitliolls were sur
mounted by Il covering Of br!lllautbronze, tHe
reflection OF which WAS visible at great DIS
r., i.ffl ia n
Ages assure lis That the obelisks now remain
ing ut Mutariell-the ancient On-still bore
in their day Il covering Ut a very lustrous
copper: The Inscriptions and text which
cover three faces Of tho pyraMtlion OF the
New York obelisk-thc Inscriptions of the
fourth face being no longer legi lle-date
from the time OF Thutmes Ill. 1 give their
si.hifivlion SO lar rs can be decifered with
certainty
R4AMsEs II.
Three centuries after the death of ThutlneS
ILL.,, tile most glurious monarch NOT only Ut
the Eighteenth Dynasty, but also OF all E Esyp-
lial history, ullc of his descendants, it;.n-
essu By name, assembled the throne OF Egypt;
Ralnesstl, when quite youth, was crowned
during the lifetime OF his father, Setl l.
During his long reign Of slSty-six years he
did nis utmost tn reCstablisIl and MAINTAIN
the rule OF tho pharaotis III foreign lands.
which had rtDelica against Egyptian dom
ilsatiOn. His wars against the pgople OF rat
cstinc, and especially against that valiant ma
ton, tile Utilities, i'll Northern Syria, are his
toric facts, which are Illustrated by i1lscrip-
tiol1s and representations upon monuments
and Dapyrus and hy tradition. famessu IL.
WIS knuWn to classic authors by tile name of
Sesostris, derived from Scstura. one Of his
his ancestor, Thutmes ILL.,, III the result Of
his WATTS, laauiessu H., or, rs the name was
sometimes written by the ancienrs, ltanl-
ses H., has nevertheless Il. place among
the WArliln Kings OF the Egyptian
nation. When lis wars were ended he
caused Ills names AMI titles to he inscribed
upon the two obelis!S which his ancestor
Thutmcs LII. had erected at On, and it is in
consequence Uf this determination Ut tatnses
H. that to-day we see in the spaces left. va
side OF the l1idule perpendicular lncs Ut each
iucc--the Inscriptions OF X ln!SeS H., text
engraved upon The New York ohelisk three
centuries after that Ut Thntnes LII.
CsUi:,lnS 7.
The three faces X, 3, D. moreover, bear to-
ward the edge Of The official title Of King
Usorko,l !. iabout ~; years 3. c.. He was
Tile SOIL Of King SEcsllonk l., one of the con-
ttlrrers oE .Isrns.llenl,-the Shisllak Of tie
Bible. Probably King Usorkon |. profited
by Il visit to the Temple OF the Sun at On
to have his name engraved upon the ubciisk
OF the two greatest Pharo;,hs of Egyptian
history.
On the pyramtdlon ut : the apex King
Tnutmes IL Is represented as a Sink, with
tils head and arms OF Il man. lie Is Offering
two Vases OF wine to tile Sun God On. His
body rests Upon 4 sort Of pyIun, decorated
with the titles:
Tho Strong null,
Who InnnttSts himself
In the Thcpaia,-
ri,e;:ons The Son Of the Sun:
Over the body may be read:
The Gracious God.
Lord of the .Twu Worlds.
King Of Upper and Lower Egypt,
Aa-1aesl~kneper - ----
Reading downward the centre line Of in
scriu1ions We lind:
tN,tn,c If the Roycl Standard
Ilor.ls: 5nsnh.l ind Enlightened BY the
crown OF Upper Egypt. e,,
Tic f!Ac;1! Standard
The King OF Upper and Lower Egypt:
tsu- I1lcIl- khrper.
- Tito IitIc Of The 1~ictorious]
The Golden Horlls.
Tl:c Strong Of Arm,
Vino beat tho Kings Of Foreign Nations
Whn were numbered by hundreds at thousands.
For his Father the sun tod ls ordained Tor him
Victories over ull Lands.
Was concentrated ut the points Of his hands
To widen tue ilnuutiarlrs Of Egypt
The Son of the SUI, ''
IluIfDl.:s -
Who GIVES Life Of all Stability aud Purity
To-day rs eyer after.
TENT OF THE R1GnT-HASD LINE
Ilorus: the Strong Bull
The son oi Tuu,.
The King, Ut Upper and Lower Egypt
K;-nscr-sna.
The Chosen Onr Of the Sun. -
I.or>l:"f tho Diatcms Of the Vulture and Of the
Serpent.
Protector Of Egypt.
thastiser OF Foreign Nations.
The Son OF the sun, ia.nessu Meri-amun.
The CoaHurror,
VINO with his Own Arms
Performed Great Deeds
In the taccn
'Fkt Entlre World Assembled.
Tic Lord of tic Two Worlds; Ra-usar-ma,
The Chosen O:e OF the Sun.
Ile S.>a Of the SUM iGlmessu Mc7i-nnun,
Who gives Life OF all Stability and Purity
To-day lis eyer after.
TEXT OF TIE LEFT-nASD LINE.
Horlls: the Strong nulI.
Friend uf Justice
The King Of Upper and Lower Egypt,
Itrd ot the Periods If Thirty Years.
lake his Father Ptuh-Tanen lthe god OF
Mcmphsl.
The Son Of the Sun: Ramcssu Mcr-amun
Fiat Is 10 say. the Friend Of the god Anon
of Ihchc5].
The sun created him.
Tu.nuse Circuit Kejoc,ng in the City of On, and
TO fill with Riches the SAuctuarics OF his
Creator.
The Lord OF tho Two Worlds: Ra-user-ma,
The Chosen One vi the sun.