2nd-century BC steles

ancient Egyptian stele with inscriptions in three writing systems

hieroglyphic inscription on Sehel Island in Egypt

obelisk found at Philae, Egypt

Etruscan stone tablet

collective name for two bilingual Phoenician marble cippi, dated to the 2nd century BCE, that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and were seminal in the deciphering of the Phoenician alphabet and language.

ancient Egyptian religious decrees

column

copy of the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) on a limestone stele