The New York Obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle / With a Preliminary Sketch of the History, Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks

by Charles E. Moldenke

sa Râ	Deḥuti-meses-nefer-kheperu
the Sun's offspring,	"The child of Thoth, of beautiful form."

Thothmes IV. [tótmees]. A king of the XVIIIth dynasty, the successor of Amenôphis II. He reigned for nine years only, and his Egyptian name is ^{[6] [9] [19]}

suten-kaut?	Men-kheperu-Râ	sa Râ	Deḥuti-meses-khâ-khâu
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt,	"The Sun, stable in his forms",	the Sun's offspring,	"The child of Thoth, glorious in his diadems."

suten-kaut?	Men-kheperu-Râ
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt,	"The Sun, stable in his forms",

sa Râ	Deḥuti-meses-khâ-khâu
the Sun's offspring,	"The child of Thoth, glorious in his diadems."

Troja. The name which the Greeks gave to the town near Memphis, the

Tum. The Egyptian god of the setting sun. He was especially worshiped in Heliopolis. In painted inscriptions his color is generally red, like that of Râ, sometimes, however, also green. His name in Egyptian is

Tura. The quarry of Memphis from which the "white stone" was taken. The Greeks called it Troja, which see. ^[91]