stele

Example Sentences

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The room’s most impressive object is a 5th century BC carved marble stele, 8 feet tall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

The stele was handed over to the Turkish ambassador to Italy for return to Turkey.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

This stone fragment from the Tel Dan stele dates from the ninth century BCE and was discovered in the 1990s.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The repatriation marked the first time the United States had returned cultural property to Yemen since 2004, when one funerary stele was transferred to the Yemeni Embassy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

I mumbled something about trying harder, while Mr. Brunner took one long sad look at the stele, like hed been at this girl’s funeral.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan