Cleopatra's needle : an account of the negotiations leading up to its gift to the city of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, its removal and its history and inscriptions, reprinted from "Egypt and its betrayal" (1908)
Farman, Elbert E. (Elbert Eli), 1831-1911 · New York : Grafton Press · leaf 40
d its pedestal ofeight inches. There was a thin iron wedge wholly oxydized onthe top of the stone support. The bodies of the two crabs wereabout twelve inches long, measuring from the head back, andthey were sixteen inches broad and eight inches high. Each,when entire, weighed over five hundred… … IMacino- the Olxlisk in the Jlold ol the Steamer Dcssongat Alexandria. Removal of the Obelisk 169 held the obelisk securely in its place. The dowels were sur-rounded and made firm in the mortises with lead. Originally, there were four crabs, the two missing ones havingbeen removed by the natives…
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