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

by Charles E. Moldenke

Damietta. A small town situated between the Damietta branch of the Nile and Lake Menzaleh, and at present called Dumyât. It is perhaps the site of the ancient Egyptian

Dashûr. A village near the site of the ancient Memphis and only a short distance from a number of small and two large pyramids. ^[91]

Deb·t. The Egyptian name of Edfu. ^[87]

Deḥuti. The ibis-faced god whose name is written in Egyptian

Deḥuti-meses. The family name of Thothmes III. in its simplest form. ^{[49] [58] [60] [61]}

Deḥuti-meses-nefer-kheperu. One of the variants of the family name of Thothmes III., which means "the child of Thoth, beautiful in his transformations". ^{[58] [60] [61]}

Delta. The northern part of Egypt or Lower Egypt lying around the seven branches of the Nile. This part of the country forms a vast triangle and, because of its resemblance to their letter D [Δ Delta], was called by the Greeks "the Delta". Its Egyptian name is