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 50
period. I alonewould be ten, IH, eighteen. The whole inscription may be trans-lated: ^In the year eighteen [of the reign] of Caesar, Barbaruserected [or dedicated] [this monument], Pontius being the archi-tect. The Latin inscription was on the inner side of the claw andmuch injured, some of the… … Eemainin<i- I*ai-t of One of the Bronze Crabs Wliicli Supported the Obelisk, Sliowin^r Greek Inscription. The Upper Part Is One of the Dowels. Removal of the Obelisk 175 Professor Merriam was of the opinion that the Greek letterPsi (^) in the upper corner was the initial of the engraver.…
Inscriptions, Egyptian · Egyptology · Obelisks
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