The Twelve Egyptian Obelisks In Rome Their History Explained By Translations Of The Inscriptions Upon Them

Author : John Henry Parker
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230387642
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book The Twelve Egyptian Obelisks in Rome; Their History Explained by Translations of the Inscriptions Upon Them written by John Henry Parker and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... OBELISKS. In the year 1852, Dr. Birch communicated to the "Museum of Classical Antiquities, or Quarterly Journal of Ancient Art," some "Notes upon Obelisks," including those in Rome. That Journal has long been discontinued, and the back numbers are out of print and scarce. Dr. Birch is now acknowledged to be the highest living authority on the subject; any work on the Egyptian Obelisks in Rome would now be incomplete if it did not include Dr. Birch's Notes on them. They are therefore here reprinted, along with corrections and the new translation that he has kindly made for this work of the hieroglyphics on the one made in Egypt for the Emperor Hadrian and his favourite Antinous, to be placed in Rome. Dr. Birch's translations are made from the admirable edition of the text of the Hieroglyphics by Ungarelli, with a Latin version published in Rome in a folio volume in 1842 *. Notes upon the obelisks of Thothmes III. His accession to power materially altered the position of Egypt; and the long annals of his reign exalt him far above the supposed Rameses II., or Sesostris. Throughout his rule, deputations and tribute-bearers of the different tribes came to Egypt, offering the rich products of their lands, and amongst other objects obelisks were of course included, from the granite quarries of the vicinity of Syene. Hence, in the tablet of Karnak, 1. 26, after mentioning the setting up of tablets in the land of Naharaina, in order to extend the frontiers of Egypt, it states, "sledges coming from the land of P'unt in that year," which, notwithstanding the mutilated condition of the monument, must be 32nd or 33rd. In the pictorial representation of this tablet, in the tomb of the officer Rekmara, the people of P'unt are represented offering two...