| em | usem | em | sep | tepb |
| of · | gold-metal · | at · | time · | first (of) · |
| sed-ḥe | .......... | nen | ȧr nef |
| the thirty-year-period · | ... illegible! ... · | not · | (as) done by him · |
| sa Râ | Deḥuti-meses-nefer-kheperu |
| the son of Râ · | Thothmes III. · |
| Râ-Ḥor-khuti | merî | zeta |
| Râ-Hor-Khuti · | beloved · | forever. |
i. e. Behold Pharaoh! He is the heavenly Horus, the powerful bull, beloved of Rā. He is Thothmes III., the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, who has made this to be his monument in honor of his father Tum, the lord of Heliopolis, and who has set up for him two[[6]] large obelisks, the pyramidion being covered with gold-metal,[[7]] on the first day[[8]] of the thirty-year festival[[9]] ..........[[10]] No one has ever done what he did, the Sun's offspring, Thothmes III., the beloved of Rā-Hor-Khuti, who lives forever.
West Face [CENTRAL COLUMN].
The abrasion caused by the sand of the Libyan desert has effaced almost every hieroglyph on this side of the obelisk. All that can be seen is given below.
| Ḥor-pet | qa | nekht | khâ | em | Us | suten-kaut? |
| The heavenly Horus · | bull · | powerful · | glorious · | in · | Thebes · | king of Upper and Lower Egypt · |
| Men-kheper-Râ | s·menkh | per | en | meses | ȧm · | f |
| Thothmes III. · | causing to be adorned · | the house · | of · | birth · | there · | his · |
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| .......... | sa | Râ |
| ..........illegible!.......... · | the son of Râ · | |
