Sir E.A. Wallis Budge - Cleopatra's Needles and other Egyptian Obelisks -a series of descriptions of all the important - 1926

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Cleopatra's Needles and other Egyptian Obelisks - a series of descriptions of all the important inscribed obelisks, with hieroglyphic texts, translations, etc. - xxii, (ii), 308 pp. - first edition, 1926 - original bright blue linen binding.

'Budge retired from his position as Keeper of the Assyrian and Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum in 1924, meaning he likely compiled and wrote the volume during his early retirement years between 1924 and 1926.'

Condition of this book: Good. The hinges outside and inside are good, the contents are fine. Nice copy.

Contents: Preface, Contents, List of plates, List of illustrations in the text,
Chapters: The Egyptian obelisk, The cult of stones in general, The obelisk as a funerary monument, The sunstone and the obelisk, Name and symbolism of the sanctuary obelisk, Classical writers on obelisks, Quarrying of the obelisk, Removal of the obelisk from the quarry, Transport by river, Erection of the obelisks, Re-erection in the Roman periods and modern times
How Cleopatra's needle came to London, Descriptions of Egyptian obelisks with hieroglyphic texts, translations, etc.:
The obelisk of Usertsen I at Heliopolis, at Abcig, The obelisk of Thothmes I, Reign of Hatshepsut, The obelisk of Hatshepsut, Inscription on the base of the obelisk of Hatshepsut, Descriptions, The reign of Thothmes III, Obelisk of Thothmes III, Inscription of Thothmes IV on obelisk of Thothmes III, The obelisk of Thothmes III at Constantinople, Obelisk of Thothmes III on the Thames, in New York, The obelisks of Amenhetep II, The obelisks of Amenhetep III, of Seti I, of Rameses II in Paris, at the Villa Mattei, the Dogali obelisk, at the Trinita dei Monti, at San, in the Boboli gardens, at Cairo, the obelisk of Psammetichus II, The obelisk of Uahabra, List of the most important inscribed obelisks, The monolithic monuments at at Aksum in Abyssinia, etc. etc.
Bibliography, Index

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