Sunday, February 4, 2024

Cleopatra's Needle 144th anniversay

 







Egyptian Obelisk Details
Location: East Drive at 81st Street behind Metropolitan Museum of Art
Architect: Pontius
Description: Obelisk supported by bronze crabs at four corners of base, on a block on a square terrace, plaques
Materials: Obelisk ---Syone granite; Block---Egyptian limestone; Crabs, plaques---bronze.
Dimensions: H: 71' W: 18' D: 18'
Cast: ca. 1461 B.C
Dedicated: January 22, 1881
Donor: Ismail, Khedive of Egypt; William H. Vanderbilt; Cecil B. DeMille
Inscription: Inscriptions on crabs holding obelisk:

Obelisk co-ordinates
40° 46′ 46.6″ N, 73° 57′ 55.49″ W 

"4 0 4 6 4 6 6 N 7 3 5 7 5 5 4 9 W" = 112 (Ordinal)
"Kamala Harris" = 112 (Ordinal)

Kamala was President for 85 minutes
"4 0 4 6 4 6 6 N 7 3 5 7 5 5 4 9 W" = 85 (Reduction)



Obelisk is 71 feet tall 
"Kamala Devi Harris" = 71 (Reduction)
And 18 feet wide 
X/XX (kamala birthday (X+X+X = 18)



"H 71 W 18" = 112 (Reverse ordinal)
"Kamala Harris" = 112 (Ordinal)


Area code for Cleopatras needle is 212
"Kamala Harris" = 212 (Reverse Ordinal)


"Kamala D Harris" = 116 (Ordinal)
"Obelisk" = 116 (Reverse ordinal)


"Height 71 Width 18" = 210 (Ordinal)
Year of the Dragon starts on 2/10
"Ra" = 210 (Reverse Sumerian)



Description: Obelisk supported by bronze crabs at four corners of base
"four bronze crabs" = 183 (Ordinal)
"President Harris" = 183 (Ordinal)
"four bronze crabs" = 222 (Reverse Ordinal)
"President Harris" = 222 (Reverse Ordinal)

"Chosen of Ra" = 333 (Latin) (Biden text number 30330)






Cleo's needle cast in 1461 BC 
"MCDLXI" = 65 (Ordinal) (1461)
"Pandemic" = 65 (Ordinal)

40.779612 -73.965414 = -33.185802
40+73 = 113 (pandemic declared 11/3)
"4 0 4 6 4 6 6 N 7 3 5 7 5 5 4 9 W" = 311 (Fibonacci)

"One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty One Before Christ" = 214 (Reduction)
"The Chosen of Ra" = 214 (Reverse Ordinal)

Dimensions 
"H 71 W 18 D 18" = 142 (Ordinal)
"President Obama" = 142 (Ordinal)

Donor Vanderbilt
 "Vanderbilt" = 107 (Ordinal)
"71 18 18" = 107 (Ordinal)
"H 71 W 18 D 18" (Obelisk Dimensions)

Following dimensions and weights are given for these obelisks: Paris, ht. 74'11", wt. 249 tons; London, ht. 68'5½”, wt. 209 tons; New York, ht. 69'6”, wt. 224 tons. 

Cleo's needle weighs 224 tons ( 2024) In the year 2024 it becomes 144 years old. 



1. REMOVED TO ALEXANDRIA EGYPT / AND ERECTED THERE B.C. 12 / BY THE ROMANS /

2. REMOVED TO THE UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA A.D. 1880 AND ERECTED IN / NEW YORK CITY JANUARY 22, 1881

3. RUTHERFORD BURCHARD HAYES PRESIDENT / WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS SECRETARY OF / STATE OF THE UNITED STATES/

4. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER / HENRY H. GORRINGE UNITED STATES NAVY/ DESIGNED THE PLANS FOR AND SUPERINTENDED / THE REMOVAL AND RE-ERECTION/

Plaque at base:
THE COST OF REMOVING / FROM EGYPT AND PLACING ON THIS / SPOT THIS OBELISQUE PEDESTAL AND BASE / WAS BORNE BY WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT/

Plaque, translation of west face:
THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-BELOVED-OF-RA, THE KING [OF] UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT RA, CHOSEN OF RA, CREATED BY THE GODS, WHO FOUNDED THE TWO LANDS, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, [---] THERE IS NO-ONE WHO DID WHAT HE DID, IN THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER, THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN OF RA, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, THE BELOVED OF AMUN, GRANTED LIFE LIKE RA. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-APPEARING-IN-THEBES THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, MEN-KHEPER-RA, WHO EMBELLISHES THE HOUSE OF HIM WHO CREATED HIM, [---] (THE SON OF RA, THUTMOSE), BELOVED OF (ATUN) LORD OF HELIOPOLIS, MAY HE LIVE FOREVER. [------] THE HORUS, STONG-BULL-SON-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN OF RA, THE GOLDEN HORUS, MIGHTY-IN-YEARS-AND-GREAT-OF-VICTORIES, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, [---] THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, THE SON-OF-RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-O-AMUN.

Plaque, translation of north face:
THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-LOVING-TRUTH, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, LORD OF FESTIVALS LIKE HIS FATHER PTAH-TATENEN, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, WHOM RA CREATED IN ORDER TO MAKE HELIOPOLIS FESTIVE AND TO PROVIDE THE SANCTUARIES OF HIM WHO CREATED HIM WITH FOOD-OFFERINGS, THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN GRANTED ALL LIFE LIKE RA. [------] THE HORUS, HIGH-OF-THE-WHITE-CROWN-BELOVED-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, MEN-KHEPER-RA, THE GOLDEN HORUS, CONTENTED-WITH-STRENGTH-WHO-SMILES-[AT]-THE-RULERS-OF-FOREIGN-LANDS-WHO-ATTACK-HIM, ACCORDING AS HIS FATHER RA HAS ORDAINED FOR HIM VICTORY AGAINST EVERY LAND AND STRENGTH IN HIS EFFORTS TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF EGYPT, THE SON OF RA, THUTMOSE, GRANTED ALL LIFE FOREVER. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-SON-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, HE OF THE TWO GODDESSES, PROTESTOR-OF-EGYPT-AND-CURBER-OF-FOREIGN-LANDS, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, A VALIANT KING ACTIVE WITH HIS ARMIES IN THE PRESENCE OF EVERY LAND, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, GRANTED ALL LIFE LIKE RA.

Plaque, translation of south face:
THE HORUS STRONG-BULL-SON-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, HE OF THE TWO GODDESSES, PROTECTOR-OF-EGYPT-AND-CURBER-OF-FOREIGN-LANDS, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES BELOVED-OF-AMUN, A KING EXCELLENT, LIKE RA. [---] THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-BELOVED-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, MEN-KHEPER-RA; HE MADE (IT) AS HIS MONUMENT FOR HIS FATHER ATUM, LORD OF HELIOPOLIS, ERECTING FOR HIM TWO GREAT OBELISKS, WHOSE PYRAMIDIONS ARE OF FIND GOLD, [---] HELIOPOLIS [---] (THE SON OF RA, THUTMOSE), MAY [HE?] BE FOREVER. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-LOVING-TRUTH, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, LORD OF FESTIVALS LIKE HIS FATHER PTAH-TATENEN, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, VERITABLE GOD STAR OF THE TWO LANDS, WHO IS VERSED IN THE LAWS AND IS WORTHY (IN HIS ACTIONS), THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, GRANTED LIFE.

Plaque, translation of east face:
THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-SON-OF-KHEPRI, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, THE GOLDEN HORUS, MIGHTY-IN-YEARS-AND-GREAT-OF-VICTORIES, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, WHO CAME FORTH FROM THE WOMB IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE CROWNS, OF RA, WHO CREATED HIM TO BE SOLE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA-CHOSEN-OF-RA, THE SON OF RA. RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, ONE SERVICEABLE TO RA AND GRANTED LIFE LIKE RA. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-APPEARING-IN-THEBES, HE OF THE TWO LANDS, GODDESSES, ENDURING OF KINGSHIP-LIKE-RA-IN-HEAVEN, BODILY SON OF ATUM, WHOM THE MISTRESS OF HELIOPOLIS BORE TO HIM, THUTMOSE, WHOM THEY CREATED IN THE TEMPLE OF THEIR MEMBERS, KNOWING THAT HE WOULD EXERCISE ENDURING KINGSHIP THROUGHOUT ETERNITY, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, MEN-KHEPER-RA, BELOVED OF ATUM, THE GREAT GOD, TOGETHER WITH HIS ENNEAT, GRANTED ALL LIFE, STABILITY, AND DOMINION LIKE RA FOREVER. [------] THE HORUS, STRONG-BULL-BELOVED-OF-RA, THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, RA, CREATED BY THE GODS, WHO FOUNDED THE TWO LANDS, THE SON OF RA RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, THE NOBLE YOUTH, BELOVED LIKE ATEN WHEN HE SHINES ON THE HORIZON, THE LORD OF THE TWO LANDS, USER-MAAT-RA, CHOSEN-OF-RA, THE SON OF RA, RAMESSES, BELOVED-OF-AMUN, ONE SERVICEABLE TO RA AND GRANTED LIFE LIKE RA.
Please note, the NAME field includes a primary designation as well as alternate namingsoften in common or popular usage. The DEDICATED field refers to the most recent dedication, most often, butnot necessarily the original dedication date. If the monument did not have a formal dedication, the yearlisted reflects the date of installation.

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Area code for Cleo's needle is 212 
"Kamala Harris" = 212 (Reverse Ordinal)

" 212 360 8163" = 590 (Ordinal)
"slave" = 59 (Ordinal)
"negro" = 59 (Ordinal)

" 2 1 2 3 6 0 8 1 6 3" = 32 (Reduction)
"negro" = 32 (Reduction)

Cleopatra's Needle (New York City)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle_(New_York_City)


William Henry Vanderbilt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt


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