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An Egyptian funerary stele of Ankh Hapy with an aramaic inscription. Limestone, from Memphis, 27th Dynasty, 525-404 BCE. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

Stele showing a girl holding a doll in one hand and a bird in the other, which she seems to be offering with a gentle smile to the small dog jumping up to greet her, c. 340 BCE. Harvard Art Museums.

This is a marble funerary stele. The Greek inscription reads: "Here lies the baby, Germanicus Andros, who has a spirit. He left the troubles of wisdom and effort to his mother and father." From Aleppo, in modern-day...

A marble stele depicting a young girl saying farewell to her pet doves as she gently holds them. Doves were popular animals in ancient Greece and frequently appeared in mythology and literature. Greek, Parian marble...

The Aramaic inscription says that this stele was erected in the 324th year of the Seleucid calendar (12-13 CE) by Sanashu's son, Re'n-tayar, the esteemed shepherd, for the goddess Sherua. Parthian, first century CE. From...

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...

Only this fragment of a large stele has survived. On the surface, the Assyrian and Babylonian kings were carved in relief. The cuneiform inscription narrates a political treaty between them. The faces of...

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)

A soapstone Buddhist stele from the Unified Silla Kingdom of Korea. From the Piamsa Temple. The scene depicts Buddha and disciples with apsaras looking on. Height: 40 cm, c. 673 CE. (National Museum of Korea...

This is a fragment of a votive marble stele showing the goddess Isis. Her right arm is raised and holds a sistrum. Roman Period, 2nd century CE. From Kanlıca, Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology...