Noun
A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA stela found 1845 in Kition commemorates the victory of king Sargon II (721–705 BC) in 709 over the seven kings in the land of Ia', in the district of Iadnana or Atnana. Source: Internet
Temple E was dedicated to Hera as shown by the inscription on a votive stela IG XIV 271 Tony Spawforth, The Complete Greek Temples 2006, p. 131. but some scholars deduce that it must have been dedicated to Aphrodite on the basis of structural parallels. Source: Internet
Loprieno (2004) p. 173 Writing main Hieroglyphs on a funerary stela in Manchester Museum The Rosetta stone (ca 196 BC) enabled linguists to begin the process of hieroglyph decipherment. Source: Internet
René Dussaud identified a 4th-century BC stela found in Carthage as depicting a child sacrifice. Source: Internet
The stela would subsequently be known to Thelemites (adherents of Thelema) as the "Stele of Revealing." Source: Internet
From the archaeological record a stela erected by Bar-Rakib for his father Panammuwa II contains similar language. Source: Internet