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The stela of Iddi-Sin, King of Simurrum celebrates and commemorates the victories of this King against his enemies, mostly tribes of West Iran. The stela is carved with 108 lines of cuneiform inscriptions and was found at Qarachatan, Pira...

Stela of Adad Nirari III, erected by one of the king's local governors, Nergal-Eres, found in Saba, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 810-783 BCE. The stela features the Assyrian King Adad Nirari III praying in front of god symbols, and the inscriptions...

Limestone stela of Pairi. The stela was re-used again by Nefery. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1300 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Stela Of Padikhered and Tasherimehet, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Found in Akhmim, Egypt. The British Museum (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia). This double stela was carved for two people - the scribe of Min...

The limestone Stela of Shamshi-Adad V. Neo-Assyrian, 815-811 BCE. The king is shown giving a gesture of blessing before five divine symbols: Anu's three-horned crown (top), a winged-disk, disk and crescent, fork, and Ishtar's 8-pointed star...

Kamose of Thebes sacked Avaris in an attempt to unify Egypt and drive out foreign kings c. 1575 BCE, Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. Stela on display in the Luxor Museum, Egypt.

Limestone stela of the chief of police, Ptahmay. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1300 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Rectangular painted limestone stela of Renefseneb. It records the traditional prayer in Middle Egyptian for an invocation offering (bread and beer), whereby the recitation of the words would provide sustenance for the deceased, taking the...

This lithograph of Stela D at Copan was done by Frederick Catherwood and first published in 1844 in his book, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. Like John Lloyd Stephens' works on the Maya, the book was very...

Limestone stela of the priest Roy and standard-bearer Kashisha. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1420 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).