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Wu Zetian's (r. 683-704 CE) Stele at Quianling Mausoleum where she was buried along with her husband Gaozong.

Punic stele with a crescent moon and the sign of the Phoenician goddess of fertility Tanit, found in Cirta (ancient Constantine, Algeria), around 300-200 BCE. Now in Louvre Lens, France.

A marble stele depicting two Greek warriors. Taman Peninsula, 4th century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

Shamsh-res-usur was a local governor of Mari and Suhi. The stele tells us that this governor reigned for 13 years. During this period, he re-built the city of Gabarri-Ibni, established irrigation canals, and encouraged the...

This marble funerary stela depicts a banquet scene. The deceased is shown at the center of the stele. He reclining on a couch. His right arm is raised, expecting a wine cup, which is being filled by...

This marble grave stele depicting a family group (from Attica, Greece) is dated to c. 360 BCE. It is now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This Buddhist votive stele made from chalkstone comes from China's Shanxi province, and it dates from c. 520 CE during the era of the Northern Wei Dynasty. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich)

Limestone funerary stele of a blacksmith. The relief shows the inside of the blacksmith's workshop with forge tools and workshop products. An assistant is rekindling the fire in the forge using bellows. He is standing...

A sandstone relief stele depicting in the top panel Minhotep and his son Nakhtmin making offerings to Hathor, Anubis, and Osiris. The middle panel shows Minhotep and his wife Nefertari. The bottom panel shows Nakhtmin...

The Famine Stele is an inscription from the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt (332-30 BCE), which tells the story of how King Djoser saved his country.