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On the
left is my drawing of an obelisk of Usertsen (Sesostris or Senusert) I, in
Heliopolis (in Cairo). All four sides have the same text (some right to left,
others left to right).
My rough translation:
Horus name: Ankh-mstw, ruler of upper and lower Egypt: Kheper-ka-Ra, two ladies: Ankh-mstw, son of Ra: Usrtsn, soul [of] Iwnw [Heliopolis], love [beloved] live forever, golden Horus: Ankh-mstw [misspelled, final w is missing], good god: Kheper-ka-Ra, time first Sed festival, does he, given life forever.
"Does he" is apparently the main part of the inscription, and just means that he (Usrtsn) did this, built the monument (apparently in honor of the first Sed festival of his reign).