stele
noun
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
steles
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pluralof stele.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With Ukrainian investigators still cataloging the losses of missing oil paintings, ancient steles, bronze pots, coins, necklaces and busts, the number of reported stolen items is likely to grow.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
Throughout the 14-year process, he meticulously copied inscriptions from steles, statues and papyrus.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
It consists of a field of massive gray steles designed to communicate sorrow, accompanied by an underground information center.
From Time ● Sep. 19, 2014
He also goes around to famous mountains, where they erect steles, stone monuments, which say that the Emperor's realm is now totally unified.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2012
One of his steles, which is now in the Imperial Ottoman Museum at Constantinople, depicts him as a fully bearded man with Semitic characteristics.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
