INDEX.

• Abandoning obelisk, reason of, 6, 10.
• Alaqi, Wady, 12, 27.
• Amasis II, transport under, 30.
• Amenemḥêt III, expedition, 29.
• Anastasi papyrus, 30, 35.

• Balls of dolerite (see ‘pounders’).
• Basic nuclei at Aswân, 12.
• Bed of removed obelisk, 17, 20.
• Bending stress, 42, 43.
• Block and tackle, 38.
• Boat, loading obelisk on, 33.
• Boats, 32, 33.
• Boning rods, 7.
• Burning, to break up granite, 4, 5.

• Calculations, ancient, 30, 35, 43.
• Canal, suggestion by Pliny, 33, 49.
• Capstan, 38.
• Centre lines, 8.
• Centre of gravity, 42.
• Chisel marks, 5, 11.
• Chisels,
•  — copper, 24–27.
•  — stone, 26.
• Cleopatra’s needle (see London obelisk).
• Colossi, 23, 35.
• Compartments in brick ramp, 35.
• Constantinople obelisk, 3, 43.
• Copper chisels, 24–27.
•  — micro-examination of, 52.
•  — tempering of, 27.
• Cost of excavation, 2.
• Cracks,
•  — ancient examination of, 6.
•  — in obelisk, 6–8, 10.
• Crowbars, 4 (note 2).
• Cubit,
•  — alleged lapidary, 19.
•  — common, 19.
•  — obelisk, 20.
•  — royal Egyptian, 19, 20.
• Cutting granite, 25–27.

• Date of obelisk, 3.
• Derricks, 38, 53.
• Detaching obelisk from bed, 23–25.
• Dḥutḥotpe, statue of, 30, 38.
• Dimensions of obelisks, 9.
• Dolerite, 12, 13, 26.
• Double-foot, 11, 7.

• Embankment for erecting obelisks, 35, 37.
• Emery, 5, 27.
• Entasis, absence of, 7.
• Erection of obelisks, 35–42, 50, 51, 52.
•  — by direct raising, 36, 51.
•  — by embankment, 37.
•  — by embankment and funnel, 38–42.
•  — New York, 52.
•  — Paris, 53.
•  — Seringapatam, 36.
•  — under “Rhamsesis”, 36.
•  — Vatican, 51.
• Expeditions for stone, 29, 30.
•  — Amenemḥêt III, 29.
•  — Menthuḥotpe IV, 29.
•  — Ramesses IV, 29.
• Extraction of obelisk from quarry, 23–27.

• Finger, division of cubit, 19.
• Fissures, ancient examination of, 6.
•  — in obelisk, 6, 7, 10.
• Foot, as measure, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20.
• Friction of sled, 30, 31, 38.
• Funnel for erecting obelisks, 38–42.

• Geology of Aswân, 12.
• Glaze, natural, on pot, 44.
• Graffiti, 46.
• Guide-lines for masons, 6, 8, 11, 17.
• Gum, acacia, 44.
• Gyn, 38.

• Hammâmât, quarries, 26.
• Hammer-dressing, 7, 8.
• Hammer, granite from Saqqârah, 5.
• Ḥatshepsôwet,
•  — obelisk of, 9, 14, 32, 41.
•  — obelisk on sled, 32.
• Hieratic inscriptions, 20, 44.
• Ḥori, the scribe, 30, 35.

• Inscription
•  — on bed of small obelisk, 21.
•  — on rocks, 46.
•  — on ostrakon, 46.
•  — on quarry-face, 20.
• Iron,
•  — halberd of, 26.
•  — preservation of, 26.
•  — wedges, 5, 26.

• Karnak, obelisk of pylon VII, 9, 10.

• Lateran obelisk, 9, 10.
• Later project, dimensions of, 9.
• Length of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9.
• Levers, for tilting obelisks, 23–25.
•  — note on, 37.
• Lines,
•  — guide, 6, 8, 11, 17.
•  — measuring, 11.
• London obelisk, 9, 53, 54.
• Luxor-Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.

• Maṭarieh obelisk, 9.
• Menthuḥotpe, expedition of, 29.
• Mindâlah, 13.
• Modern erections of obelisks, 31, 33, 52–54.
• Modulus of rupture for granite, 43.

• New York obelisk, 9, 33, 52.
• Nineveh, transport at, 30.

• Obelisks,
•  — alleged 108‐cubit, 3, 43.
•  — ancient problem on, 30.
•  — dimensions of, 9.
•  — erection of, 35–43.
•  — extraction from quarry, 23–27.
•  — Ḥatshepsôwet’s, 9, 14, 32, 41.
•  — Lateran, 9, 10.
•  — limit to length of, 43.
•  — London, 9, 53, 54.
•  — Luxor-Paris, 9, 31, 38, 53.
•  — Maṭarieh, 9.
•  — modern removals of, 31–33, 52, 54.
•  — New York, 9, 33, 52.
•  — Seringapatam, 36.
•  — stresses in, 42, 43.
•  — transport of, 29–33.
•  — Tuthmôsis I, 9.
•  — Tuthmôsis III, 9, 10.
•  — undercutting in quarry, 23, 24.
• Ochre, 11, 44.
• Ostrakon, 44, 45.

• Palm (measure), 19.
• Palm-rope, 25.
• Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.
• Platform above obelisk, 17.
• Plug and feather, 4.
• ‘Pounders’,
•  — attachment of, 13.
•  — broken by blows, 12.
•  — material of, 12.
•  — provenance of, 12.
•  — rate of work with, 14.
•  — specific gravity, 12.
•  — used by hand, 13, 20.
•  — use with rammers, 13.
•  — wear on, 12.
• Pounding, ancient word for, 46.
• Pot found in clearing, 44.
• Ptolemy Philadelphus, transport under, 33.

• Quarries at Aswân, 12.

• Ramesses IV, expedition of, 29.
• Rammers, 13.
• Rate of work in pounding granite, 14.
• Records of ancient workmen, 18–20.
• Reed cushion, 41.
• Rollers,
•  — obelisk placed on, 31, 38.
•  — ancient, 38.
• Rolling obelisk from quarry, 23–25.
• Ropes, sizes of, 25.
• Rusting of iron, 26.

• Sand,
•  — cohesion of particles in, 39.
•  — packing with, 24, 25.
•  — used in erections, 35, 39.
• Sarcophagi, unfinished, 12.
• Scale models, 40, 43.
• Seringapatam obelisk, 36.
• Sheers, 38.
• Sleds, 32, 41.
• Slot in obelisk pedestals, 40, 41.
• Softening (!) granite, 26.
• Soldiers in transport work, 29, 30.
• Specific gravity of ‘pounders’, 12.
• Stains on dolerite ‘pounders’, 12.
• Steel, 25, 26.
• Stresses due to weight of obelisk, 42, 43.
• Survey Department, 1.

• Tempering of copper, 27.
• Test-shafts, 6.
• Ṭḥutḥotpe (see Dḥutḥotpe), 30, 38.
• Ṭḥutiy, record of 108 cubit obelisk, 43.
• Time taken in pounding out trench, 14.
• Transport of obelisks, 29–33.
• Trench on upper quarry-face, 17.
• Trench round obelisk, 11–15.
• Tuthmôsis I, obelisk of, 9.
• Tuthmôsis III, obelisk of, 9, 10.

• Undercutting obelisks in quarry, 23, 24.
• Units used in this volume, 2.

• Wedges, 4, 5, 26.
• Weight of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9.
• Weight of obelisks compared, 9.
• Work, ancient arrangement of, 14.