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The Aswân Obelisk / With some remarks on the Ancient Engineering

Chapter 2: LIST OF PLATES WITH REFERENCES TO DESCRIPTIONS.
By Reginald Engelbach
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The work examines an unfinished obelisk in an Aswân quarry through systematic description of its dimensions, tool marks, trenches, and quarry-face features, and reports on archaeological clearance and measurements. Subsequent chapters analyze ancient techniques for detaching, lowering, transporting, and erecting obelisks, considering wedges, levers, ropes, sleds, rollers, boats, and mechanical stresses, with practical calculations and comparisons to known monuments. Illustrations, plans, and plates support the technical discussion, and the volume concludes with miscellaneous finds, inscriptions, and a bibliography of classical and modern sources.

LIST OF PLATES WITH REFERENCES TO DESCRIPTIONS.

  • PLATE I
    • 1–5.—Plan of obelisk with sections • 3, 6–10, 19
    • 6.—Measuring(?)-lines on rock face • 12
  • PLATE II
    • 1.—View of obelisk from the east • 3
    • 2.—View of obelisk from the west • 3, 5, 7, 16
  • PLATE III
    • 1.—Bottom and side of trench • 12, 14
    • 2.—Wedge and chisel marks • 4, 12
    • 3.—Guide lines for a smaller obelisk • 4, 10, 12
    • 4.—Rough chisel-dressing on a half-finished sarcophagus. “El-Hammâmât”; Shellâl • 12
  • PLATE IV
    • 1.—Hammer-dressing on the pyramidion • 14
    • 2.—Stone hammer from Saqqârah • 4
    • 3.—Construction of a sarcophagus lid by pounding • 13
    • 4.—Embankment to the east of the obelisk • 33
  • PLATE V
    • 1.—Obelisk from the north, shewing platform and upper quarry-face • 4, 16
    • 2.—Upper quarry-face and bed of a small obelisk • 16, 20
    • 3.—Bed of small obelisk from above • 20
    • 4.—Inscription on bed of small obelisk • 20
  • PLATE VI
    • 1.—Markings on upper quarry-face • 16, 19
    • 2.—Section of above • 16, 19
  • PLATE VII
    • Sketch-plan of environs of obelisk • 31, 33
  • PLATE VIII
    • Suggested platform for the erection of an obelisk • 40, 41