stelae
- plural of stela.
Example Sentences
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Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The V&A will take responsibility for the care of the stelae temporarily, until it has been decided that it is safe to return the objects to their country of origin.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023
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 ● Feb. 21, 2023
In an emailed statement the spokesperson noted that 28 stelae engraved with the same decree written by Egyptian priests had been discovered, starting with the Rosetta Stone in 1799, and that 21 remain in Egypt.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2022
Four Maya cities along Siyaj K’ak”s path recorded his progress in murals, panel paintings, and stelae.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
