Sir E.A. Wallis Budge – Cleopatra’s Needles and other Egyptian Obelisks -a series of descriptions of all the important inscribed obelisks – 1926

Volledige titel:Cleopatra's Needles and other Egyptian Obelisks -a series of descriptions of all the important inscribed obelisks, with hieroglyphic texts, translations, etc. - xxii, (ii), 308 pp. - eerste druk, 1926 - oorspronkelijke helder blauw linnen band.'Budge retired from his position as Keeper of the Assyrian and Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum in 1924, meaning he likely compiled and wrote the volume during his early retirement years between 1924 and 1926.'Conditie van dit boek: Goed. Scharnieren buiten- en binnenzijde goed, het binnenwerk is prima. Net exemplaar.Inhoud: Preface, Contents, List of plates, List of illustrations in the text, Chapters: The Egyptian obelisk, The cult of stones in general, The obelisk as a funerary monument, The sunstone and the obelisk, Name and symbolism of the sanctuary obelisk, Classical writers on obelisks, Quarrying of the obelisk, Removal of the obelisk from the quarry, Transport by river, Erection of the obelisks, Re-erection in the Roman periods and modern timesHow Cleopatra's needle came to London, Descriptions of Egyptian obelisks with hieroglyphic texts, translations, etc.:The obelisk of Usertsen I at Heliopolis, at Abcig, The obelisk of Thothmes I, Reign of Hatshepsut, The obelisk of Hatshepsut, Inscription on the base of the obelisk of Hatshepsut, Descriptions,... lees verder bij Catawiki