Pron. ren. 107
Det. of name, circle, inkstand.
"right angle with two quarter circles."
Pron. ȧp. 88
Sign of a lacuna or a gap in the text. 58 59 66 67 68
OF THE EGYPTIAN WORDS OCCURRING ON THE NEW YORK OBELISK.
The words in this Glossary are arranged according to the Hieroglyphic alphabet as follows:
As there was no fixed orthography among the ancient Egyptians the same word is frequently spelled in many different ways. This will be noticed in the following pages.—The plural of nouns or adjectives was formed by adding three lines () to the word or by repeating the Hieroglyphic sign of the word three times.—The dual was formed by adding two lines () or by repeating the sign twice.—The dot before the t (·t) denotes that the t is the feminine ending, which was pronounced by the ancient Egyptians only slightly or, probably, not at all.
Abbreviations: E stands for East Face of the Obelisk; W for the West Face; N for the North Face; S for the South Face. Pyr. stands for Pyramidion. EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH denote the vertical columns of the Obelisk on that particular side of its face. CENT. denotes the central column. The small numerals refer to the pages of the book.
ȧm. Prep. "in." Adv. "there, where." W CENT. 59
Ȧmen-mer-Râ-meses-su. Second cartouche or the family name of Ramses II., "beloved of Amen, the Sun, begetting himself". E NORTH 62 63 SOUTH 64 64 S EAST 65 65 WEST 66 66 W SOUTH 68 68 NORTH 67 67 N WEST 70 70 EAST 69 69
Ȧmen-mer-Râ-meses-su. Same as preceding. Base of E 71 71 S 71 71 W 71 71 N 71 71
Ȧmen-mer-Ûsarken. Second cartouche or the family name of Osarkon I., "beloved of Amen, Osarkon". SMALL SIDE INSCRIPTIONS E 72 72 S 72 72 W 72 72 N 72 72
Ȧn. "Heliopolis." E CENT. 56 S CENT. 58 N EAST 69 Pyr. WEST 52 53 SOUTH 51
ȧr. Verb: "to make, form, fashion; making, maker". E CENT. 56 W NORTH 67 67 S CENT. 58 58 N WEST 70 Pyr. WEST 53 NORTH 54 55
ȧrîtu. Noun, feminine, plural: "works". S EAST 65
ȧrp. Noun: "wine". Pyr. EAST 49 SOUTH 51
ȧten. Noun: one of the names of "the sun". E NORTH 62
âa or â. Adjective: "great, large". E CENT. 57 SOUTH 64 W SOUTH 68 Pyr. EAST 49 SOUTH 51 WEST 53 In combination with ḥa·t. E CENT. 56
ânkh. Verb, &c.: "to live; living; life". E CENT. 57 NORTH 63 S EAST 65 W NORTH 67 N CENT. 61 EAST 69 WEST 70 Pyr. EAST 47 49 SOUTH 50 51 WEST 52 53 53 NORTH 54 55 55 Base of E 71 71 S 71 71 W 71 71 N 71 71
uâ. Adj. and adv.: "one, sole, alone; only". E SOUTH 64
uâf. Verb, &c.: "to smite, ward off, vanquish; conqueror, victor". S WEST 66
uâf. Same as preceding. N WEST 70
us. Noun and adj.: "strength, power; strong". E CENT. 57 Pyr. WEST 53
Us. "Thebes." E CENT. 56 W CENT. 59 Pyr. EAST 48 SOUTH 50 WEST 53 NORTH 55
usem. Noun: "gold-metal; electrum", S CENT. 58
user. Adj.: "great, powerful, long". E SOUTH 64 W SOUTH 68
User-Mâ-Râ-sotep-en-Râ. The first cartouche or the royal name of Ramses II., "strong in truth, the sun, chosen of the sun". E NORTH 62 62 SOUTH 64 64 S EAST 65 65 WEST 66 66 W NORTH 67 67 SOUTH 68 68 N EAST 69 69 WEST 70 70 Base of (all reading from right to left) E 71 71 S 71 71 W 71 71 N 71 71
utu. Verb, &c.: "to command, order; decree". N CENT. 60
ûaḥ. Verb: "to place, put, establish". E CENT. 56 56
ûrui. Dual of the adjective ûr "large", hence: "the two large" obelisks, referring to the New York and London Obelisks. S CENT. 58
benben·t. Noun: "pyramidion". S CENT. 58
pau·t. Noun: "circle, assembly, company". E CENT. 57
per. Noun: "house". W CENT. 59 NORTH 67
peru. Plural of the preceding word with the determinative of "city": "temples, sanctuaries". N EAST 69
per. Verb: "to go out, proceed, issue". E SOUTH 64
peḥu. Plural of peḥ "back, behind": hence "farthest, extreme". N CENT. 60
pesed. Verb: "to shine, illumine". E NORTH 62
pet. Noun and adj.: "heaven; heavenly". E NORTH 62 CENT. 56 56 SOUTH 63 S EAST 65 CENT. 58 WEST 66 W NORTH 67 CENT. 59 SOUTH 68 N EAST 68 CENT. 60 WEST 70
Ptaḥ-tathunen. Epithet of the god "Ptah" of Memphis. S EAST 65
Ptaḥ-tathunen. A variant (different spelling) of the preceding word. N EAST 69
f. Third person sing. masc. pers. and possessive pronoun: "he, him, his; it, its". E NORTH 62 CENT. 56 56 56 57 SOUTH 64 S EAST 65 CENT. 58 58 58 58 W NORTH 67 67 CENT. 59 N EAST 69 CENT. 60 60 WEST 70 Pyr. EAST 49 SOUTH 51 WEST 53 NORTH 54 55
m. Prep.: "in, for; at; as; (made) of; with". E CENT. 56 56 56 56 S CENT. 58 58 58 W CENT. 59 N CENT. 60 WEST 70 Pyr. EAST 48 SOUTH 50 WEST 53 NORTH 55
m. Same as preceding: "in; at; from". E NORTH 62 SOUTH 64 S EAST 65 W NORTH 67
ma or mȧ. Adv.: "like, as". E CENT. 56 57 SOUTH 64 S WEST 60 W SOUTH 68 N EAST 69 WEST 70
mȧ. Same word as the preceding: "like, as". E NORTH 62 S EAST 65 WEST 66 N EAST 69
Mâ. The goddess of truth, "Mā". S EAST 65 N EAST 68
mâk. Verb, &c.: "to protect, ward off; protector". S WEST 66
mâk. Same word as the preceding: "to protect; protector". N WEST 70
mennu. Noun: "monument; monuments". S CENT. 58
men·tu or setu. Noun, plural of men·t or set "country", hence: "countries, foreign nations". N CENT. 60 S WEST 66 N WEST 70
Men-kheper-Râ. The first cartouche or the royal name of Thothmes III., "the stable and creative sun". E CENT. 56 S CENT. 58 W CENT. 59 N CENT. 60 Pyr. EAST 47 48 SOUTH 50 50 WEST 52 53 NORTH 54 55
menkh. Verb and adjective: "to be beautiful; beautiful, kind". S WEST 66 Cf. also the causative form of the same word s·menkh "to embellish". W CENT. 59
mer. Verb, &c.: "to love; loving; beloved; love; lover". E NORTH 62 S EAST 65 CENT. 58 W NORTH 67 N EAST 68 CENT. 60
merî. Adj., derived from the preceding: "beloved". E CENT. 57 S CENT. 58 W CENT. 60
merîti. Lengthened form of the preceding word: "beloved, lovely, beautiful". E NORTH 62
mes or meses. Verb, &c.: "to bring forth, beget; born of; birth; child". E NORTH 62 CENT. 56 SOUTH 64 W NORTH 67 CENT. 59 N EAST 69
meses. Same word as the preceding: "to bring forth; birth; born of; child". E CENT. 56 N EAST 69
n. Prep.: "by, for". E CENT. 56 SOUTH 64 S CENT. 58 58 58 58 N EAST 69 CENT. 60 Sign of the genitive case: "of, in". E CENT. 56 56 SOUTH 64 64 W CENT. 59 SOUTH 68 Pyr. WEST 53 Sign of the accusative case. E CENT. 56
n. Same as the preceding. Sign of the genitive case: "of". E NORTH 63 SOUTH 64
neb. Noun: "lord, master". E NORTH 62 SOUTH 64 64 S EAST 65 65 CENT. 58 WEST 66 W NORTH 67 SOUTH 68 N EAST 69 69 WEST 70 Pyr. EAST 47 49 49 SOUTH 50 51 51 WEST 52 53 53 NORTH 54 54 55 Adj.: "all, every". E CENT. 57 N EAST 69 CENT. 60 61 WEST 70 70 Pyr. EAST 49 SOUTH 51 NORTH 55
neb·t. Feminine of the preceding word: "mistress, queen". E CENT. 56 where by mistake, perhaps, it stands for the preceding word and means "lord".
Pronunciation doubtful, either neb mut neb ârâ or neb sheta neb meḥen·t: "the lord of the Vulture and Uræus diadems". The title of Pharaoh as the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. E CENT. 56 S WEST 66 N WEST 70
nub. Noun: "gold". In the phrase Hor-nub "the golden hawk or Horus". E SOUTH 64 W SOUTH 68 N CENT. 60
nefer. Adj.: "good, gracious, benevolent, beautiful". Pyr. EAST 47 SOUTH 50 WEST 52 53 NORTH 54 Base of E 71 71 71 71 S 71 71 71 71 W 71 71 71 71 N 71 71 71 71
neferu. Plural of the preceding word: "beauty". E CENT. 56
nen. Adv.: "not". S CENT. 58 W NORTH 67
neḥeḥ or, possibly, only ḥeḥ. Noun, &c.: "eternity; eternal; forever". E CENT. 56
nekht. Adj. and noun: "powerful, valiant, mighty; strength". E NORTH 62 CENT. 56 SOUTH 63 S EAST 65 CENT. 58 WEST 66 W NORTH 67 CENT. 59 SOUTH 68 N EAST 68 CENT. 60 WEST 70 Pyr. EAST 48 SOUTH 50 WEST 53 NORTH 55
nekhtu. Plural of the preceding word: "victory". N CENT. 60
nekhtu. Same word as the preceding: "victory". E SOUTH 64 W SOUTH 68