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THE NEW YORK OBELISK

Cleopatra's Needle

_WITH A PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE HISTORY
ERECTION, USES, AND SIGNIFICATION
OF OBELISKS_


BY

CHARLES E. MOLDENKE, A.M., PH.D.


NEW YORK

ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH AND CO.

38 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET

1891




_Copyright_, 1891,
BY CHARLES E. MOLDENKE.

University Press:
PRESSWORK BY
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

{iii}TABLE OF CONTENTS.


  Chapter I. Obelisks--where found, and when, and by whom
    erected.                                                           1-11

        §1. The present site of obelisks. 1-5.
        §2. By whom obelisks were erected. 5-7.
        §3. By whom obelisks were ransported. 7-8.
        §4. List of obelisks. 8-11.
          I. Erect Obelisks. 9-10. II. Prostrate Obelisks. 10-11.

  Chapter II. The quarrying, transporting, and raising of obelisks.   12-17

        §1. How obelisks were quarried. 12-15.
        §2. How obelisks were transported. 15-17.
        §3. How obelisks were raised. 17.

  Chapter III. The form, name, dimensions, invention, material,
    and use of obelisks.                                              18-25

        §1. The form of the obelisk and the pyramidion. 18-21.
        §2. The derivation of the name "obelisk". 21-22.
        §3. The dimensions of obelisks. 22-23.
        §4. The material of obelisks. 23-24.
        §5. The invention of obelisks and the use they were put to.
                                                            24-25.

  Chapter IV. The signification of the obelisk and the worship
    of the sun.                                                       26-34

  Chapter V. The history of the New York Obelisk, and its removal
    from Alexandria.                                                  35-45

        §1. History of the New York Obelisk. 35-40.
        §2. The removal of the obelisk to New York City. 40-45.

  Chapter VI. The inscriptions of the New York Obelisk.               46-78

        I. Inscriptions of Thothmes III. 46-61.
          The Pyramidion. 46-55. The Obelisk Proper. 56-61.
        II. Inscriptions of Ramses II. 62-71.                        {iv}
          Vertical columns. 62-70. The base.