stela

IPA: stˈɛɫʌ

(archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone

Examples of "stela" in Sentences

Mentioned on a stela of his father.
The stela is broken into two parts.
The stela is disposed in one column.
The stela show the name of the Merneith.
The stela has a height of and a width of.
The stela is the main monument of the queen.
On a date lost at the beginning of the stela.
A common form of Maya sculpture was the stela.
The stela is also the earliest monument to bear the Tikal emblem glyph.
Stela 6 is slightly to the north of Stela 5, bearing hieroglyphic text.
The ka, left, and the name stela of the First Dynasty king named Snake (Wadj), right.
The statue, called a stela, was found at Naachtun, a Mayan city 90 km (55 miles) north of Tikal.
A stela is a free-standing stone slab, generally rectangular in shape but sometimes with a rounded or pointed top.
It was a handsome stone stela, mounted on a stepped pedestal and capped by a peaked crown with a geometric frieze.
There's a stela, which is a limestone pillar that is hand-carved, and they would mark on these certain events and certain numbers.