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Assyrian Stele from Anat
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Assyrian Stele from Anat

This stele depicts three horizontal registers. The upper register depicts a snake and some symbols. The middle register depicts two standing male figures on the left and a rampant winged human-headed sphinx before some symbols at the middle...
Votive Stele from Sidon
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Votive Stele from Sidon

This is a marble votive stele depicting a standing male looking to the right. He holds objects in both hands and wears a head cap. Roman Period, 5th to 4th century BCE. From Sidon, in modern-day Lebanon. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...
Athenian Horseman Grave Stele
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Athenian Horseman Grave Stele

The marble grave stele of an Athenian horseman. Attica, 370s BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)
Funerary Stele from Aleppo
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Funerary Stele from Aleppo

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 Syria. Roman Period...
Attic Funerary Stele
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Attic Funerary Stele

Only this fragment of a large funerary stele has survived. It shows an old bearded man, who has frontal baldness, facing a horse head. Marble. Late Classical Period, 4th century BCE. probably from Attica Region, in modern-day Greece. (Museum...
Thebes Funerary Stele
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Thebes Funerary Stele

A funerary stele from Thebes, Egypt. Plastered and painted wood. 7th-4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Milan, Italy)
Shamsh-res-usur Stele
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Shamsh-res-usur Stele

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 planting of date...
Egyptian Funeral Stele
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Egyptian Funeral Stele

Plastered and painted funerary stele from the 7th-4th century BCE. Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
Stele of Kai
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Stele of Kai

Limestone stele of Kai, chief of the desert hunters, with his favorite hound gods. Kai wears a wig and holds a bow and arrows. A female figure (Kai's wife or mother) stands behind him and puts her left hand on his shoulder. She wears a wig...
Neo-Assyrian Political Pact Stele, Al-Anbar
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Neo-Assyrian Political Pact Stele, Al-Anbar

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 the kings were deliberately vandalized...
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