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
The priests were standing near a field of ancient obelisks, or stelae, which date from the 4th Century.
From BBC
In a historic agreement with the Republic of Yemen, the museum will research and temporarily care for the funerary stelae.
From BBC
The stele was illegally excavated near the ancient city of Zeugma, in what is near Gaziantep, in present-day southeastern Turkey, the police said.
From Seattle Times
Sixty-five of the artifacts are funerary stelae — stone slabs featuring carved heads — traced to the second half of the first millennium B.C. in northwest Yemen.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
