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单词 stele
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stele
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstiː.li/us
/ˈstiː.li/
pluralstelae(alsostela,uk/ˈstiː.lə/us/ˈstiː.lə/)
averticalpieceofstonewith writingcutinto it, often used in the past as agravestone(= astonethatshowswhere adeadpersonisburied):
（尤指过去用作墓碑的）石碑
At thebaseof Tikal'sNorthAcropolisstandsarowoftallcarvedstones, or stelae.在蒂卡尔北卫城的底部，矗立着一排高大的雕刻石，或者说石碑。
Afoundationgave themuseummoneyto put the stele back together.一个基金会为博物馆提供了资金，把石碑重新组装起来。
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  • Most stelaeincludethedateoftheircreation.
  • Thestonetablets, or stelae,confirmthecityas Heraklieon.
  • Acommemorativestele has beenerectedtohonorYu theGreat.
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(Definition ofstelefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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If individual soldiers or battalions are mentioned, they are in smaller script, or they are on stelae that do not mention a commanding superior.
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Second, all of the stelae in the group have texts or iconographic content.
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The reference would be to white stuccoed non-effigy censers used to burn incense near stelae and then left at their place of use.
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Yaxchilan stelae often included ancestor cartouches above the ruler.
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Monuments include structures and large sculpture such as stelae that were carved with information about cosmologies and hierarchies of power.
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As public monuments, the stelae follow the conventions of an artistic language that was invented in order to make public declarations.
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That said, thestele, a piece of black granite, about 4 high and 2 across, mounted on a 2 high square base, was unveiled.
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He believed that the glyphs, ornaments, idols, stelae, and altars were built up of numerical symbols and dedicated to number worship.
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On stelae, the ruler was shown holding military or ritual objects.
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It is difficult in those cases to claim that the absence of stelae during a particular period is indicative of anything meaningful.
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One is oral tradition, the other is his stelae.
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His description suggests the stelae were lying on their sides in the sixteenth century.
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They are tall, free-standing, pillar-like stelae with tapering form, usually with a rectangular cross-section and pictorial narrative scenes carved on all four sides in registers.
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Following the unveiling of thestele, the closing ceremonies began, which essentially reversed the opening ones.
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This liveliness, however, is tempered in both stelae.
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