Страница - 41Страница - 43- Finger, division of cubit, 19.
- Fissures, ancient examination of, 6.
- — in obelisk, 6, 7, 10.
- Foot, as measure, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20.
- Friction of sled, 30, 31, 38.
- Funnel for erecting obelisks, 38–42.
- Geology of Aswân, 12.
- Glaze, natural, on pot, 44.
- Graffiti, 46.
- Guide-lines for masons, 6, 8, 11, 17.
- Gum, acacia, 44.
- Gyn, 38.
- Hammâmât, quarries, 26.
- Hammer-dressing, 7, 8.
- Hammer, granite from Saqqârah, 5.
- atshepsôwet,
- — obelisk of, 9, 14, 32, 41.
- — obelisk on sled, 32.
- Hieratic inscriptions, 20, 44.
- ori,
the scribe, 30, 35.
- Inscription
- — on bed of small obelisk, 21.
- — on rocks, 46.
- — on ostrakon, 46.
- — on quarry-face, 20.
- Iron,
- — halberd of, 26.
- — preservation of, 26.
- — wedges, 5, 26.
- Karnak, obelisk of pylon VII, 9, 10.
- Lateran obelisk, 9, 10.
- Later project, dimensions of, 9.
- Length of Aswân obelisk, 3, 9.
- Levers, for tilting obelisks, 23–25.
- — note on, 37.
- Lines,
- — guide, 6, 8, 11, 17.
- — measuring, 11.
- London obelisk, 9, 53, 54.
- Luxor-Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- Ma
- arieh obelisk, 9.
- Menthu
- otpe, expedition of, 29.
- Mindâlah, 13.
- Modern erections of obelisks, 31, 33, 52–54.
- Modulus of rupture for granite, 43.
- New York obelisk, 9, 33, 52.
- Nineveh, transport at, 30.
- Obelisks,
- — alleged 108‐cubit, 3, 43.
- — ancient problem on, 30.
- — dimensions of, 9.
- — erection of, 35–43.
- — extraction from quarry, 23–27.
- —
- atshepsôwet’s, 9, 14, 32, 41.
- — Lateran, 9, 10.
- — limit to length of, 43.
- — London, 9, 53, 54.
- — Luxor-Paris, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- — Ma
- arieh, 9.
- — modern removals of, 31–33, 52, 54.
- — New York, 9, 33, 52.
- — Seringapatam, 36.
- — stresses in, 42, 43.
- — transport of, 29–33.
- — Tuthmôsis I, 9.
- — Tuthmôsis III, 9, 10.
- — undercutting in quarry, 23, 24.
- Ochre, 11, 44.
- Ostrakon, 44, 45.
- Palm (measure), 19.
- Palm-rope, 25.
- Paris obelisk, 9, 31, 38, 53.
- Platform above obelisk, 17.
- Plug and feather, 4.
- ‘Pounders’,
- — attachment of, 13.
- — broken by blows, 12.
- — material of, 12.
- — provenance of, 12.
- — rate of work with, 14.
- — specific gravity, 12.
- — used by hand, 13, 20.
- — use with rammers, 13.
- — wear on, 12.
- Pounding, ancient word for, 46.
- Pot found in clearing, 44.
- Ptolemy Philadelphus, transport under, 33.