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Definition of Stela
1. Noun. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
Definition of Stela
1. n. A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Definition of Stela
1. Noun. an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stela
1. an inscribed slab used as a monument [n -LAE or -LAI] : STELAR, STELENE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stela
Literary usage of Stela
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"This is the stela referred to in the remarkable passage in the Papyrus Abbott (IV,
514), where it is described as bearing a figure of the king standing with ..."
2. Memoirs by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1913)
"stela 14. At the east end of this row of glyphs, perhaps a little in front of
the line and still fast in the ground, was found the bottom portion of a ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1900)
"This is the stela on which Professor Spiegelberg lately contributed a note to
... The engraving is not //•^•^A/1i AA^^M clear and the surface of the stela ..."
4. Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1900)
"stela A The great cycle which Mr Goodman numbers 54 being omitted, the remainder
of the ... stela В The initial series on stela B, like the preceding one, ..."
5. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1879)
"This stela,1 of which an engraving is annexed, was purchased from a collection
found in Cairo some years ¡igo. It has been sadly mutilated and ..."
6. History of Art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1890)
"Royal stela. British Museum. which is raised, suggest a worshipper ... The narrow
dimensions of this stela call to mind the ancient monuments of Babylonia. ..."
7. History of Art in Sardinia, Judæa, Syria, and Asia Minor by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1890)
"The narrow dimensions of this stela call to mind the ancient monuments of Babylonia.
... Royal stela. British Museum. fact that the tablet is basalt, ..."
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