East Face of the Pyramidion.
The three vertical columns to the left above and the two below the sphinx refer to the sphinx-king, the remainder to the god Râ-Ḥor-khuti (i. e. "the sun, Horus in the horizon") and the libation in the hands of the sphinx.
The three columns above the sphinx are:
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| nuter | nefer | neb | taui | Men-kheper-Râ | du | ânkh | zeta |
| The god · good · lord (of · the) two countries · Thothmes III. · giving · life · forever. | |||||||
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| nuter | nefer | neb | taui | Men-kheper-Râ |
| The god · good · lord (of · the) two countries · Thothmes III. · | ||||
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| du | ânkh | zeta |
| giving · life · forever. | ||
i. e. This is Thothmes III., the gracious god, the lord of the two countries [Egypt], who gives eternal life.
Below the sphinx we read: