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XI THE OBELISK AT HELIOPOLIS
He who set this stone where it stands
Was ‘Hor of the Sun,’ the Life for men,
King of the Upper and Lower lands,
Cheper-ka-ra Usertesen.
Was ‘Hor of the Sun,’ the Life for men,
King of the Upper and Lower lands,
Cheper-ka-ra Usertesen.
He, the Lord of the double crown,
Life for all that of woman is born—
Usertesen, long let his name be known,
Son of the Sun-god Ra—the morn.
Life for all that of woman is born—
Usertesen, long let his name be known,
Son of the Sun-god Ra—the morn.
Friend of all the spirits of On,
Golden Hor in his loved abode,
Life of the father and life of the son,
Cheper-ka-ra, beneficent God.
Golden Hor in his loved abode,
Life of the father and life of the son,
Cheper-ka-ra, beneficent God.
He it was planted this stone whence it rears
Full in front of the Sun-god's portal,
Gave it the feast of the thirty years,
He the Dispenser of Life Immortal.
Full in front of the Sun-god's portal,
Gave it the feast of the thirty years,
He the Dispenser of Life Immortal.
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So from the midst of the silent heaps,
The broken walls of the city of An,
Speaks the pillar that solemnly keeps
The faith of a god, the trust of a man.
The broken walls of the city of An,
Speaks the pillar that solemnly keeps
The faith of a god, the trust of a man.
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