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stele Definition

stele (stēlē; also, & for 2 & 3 usually, stēl)

noun

  1. an upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker, etc.
  2. Archit. a prepared surface, as on a facade, having an inscription, carved design, etc.
  3. Bot. a central cylinder of vascular tissues in the stems and roots of plants

Etymology: L stela < Gr stēlē, post, slab < IE base *stel- > still

stele Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carve: A view of another section of the museum showing a carved stele ( upright slab ) and various pieces of Egyptian sculpture.
  • inscribe: An inscribed stele at Jaffa commemorated the building of a temple to Eshmun, the Sidonian god.
  • erect: Esarhaddon's predecessor, Sennacherib, erected many stelae giving details of his campaigns, many of which were against the allies.
  • set: This couple with their power may have made it ' easier ' for women to have their stelae set up for themselves as individuals.

Adjective modifier

  • grave: Also on display are the fragment of a sarcophagus, different kinds of urns and several grave steles.
  • half-completed: And nassau departing if we didn't the weather was half-completed stelae and.
  • funerary: This work is the first comprehensive study of funerary stelae exhibiting mixed iconography from Upper Egypt during the Roman period in Egypt.
  • ancient: Its design resembles that of an ancient stele that has been prepared for inscription.
  • central: This is adequate for measuring relative areas occupied by the cortex and central stele.

Noun used with modifier

  • boundary: Kemp has examined a variety of sources, and produced a map showing 27 potential sites within Akhenaton's boundary stele.
  • stone: Inscriptions of this style were engraved in stone steles and bronze pots.
  • limestone: The erection of these approximately five-foot limestone stelae was dated by archeologist Ripley P. Bullen to 440 AD.
  • victory: This is confirmed by the fragment of a victory stele found at Megiddo.

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