Steles

thumb|260px|Stele N from Copán, [[Honduras, depicting King K'ac Yipyaj Chan K'awiil ("Smoke Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] thumb|Stele to the French 8th Infantry Regiment. Commons:Category:Battle of Waterloo steles|One of more than half a dozen steles located on the Waterloo battlefield. A stele ( ) or stela ( ) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted.

stones inscribed with 10 commandments

anthropomorphic stone stelae within the perimeter of a tumulus

monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs

5th-century Georgian stele

The Zanata Stone, it also known as the Zenana stone, is a small stele with engraving. The tablet is presumably of Guanche origin. it was found in 1992....

6th C. multilingual text in Mongolia

14th-century Malay inscription

Ancient Roman sculpted tablet showing the mysteries of the Egyptian goddess Isis, 30 BCE – 395 CE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

inscribed stele with the earliest example of Thai script

stele found in an ancient Georgian capital

Pre-Columbian stele

pre-Roman stone monuments from Northern Spain

monument in City Municipality of Ptuj, Slovenia