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A Moabite Royal Inscription
Found in Jordan, this basalt victory stele dating to the eighth century BCE originally belonged to a Moabite king. The inscription on the stele records the king's building projects and his defeat of the neighboring Ammonites. The events described are ...
Heliodorus Stele
Unique 2,200-year-old stele (inscribed stone block) that provides new insight into the dramatic story of Heliodorus and the Temple in Jerusalem, as related in the Second Book of Maccabees. "The Heliodorus stele is one of the most important and ...
Special Display: Lord of the Desert
<p>This imposing stele depicts a bearded man wearing a fillet around his head and a long necklace. Three parallel bands bisected by an elongated implement appear on his chest and back, and a double bladed dagger attached to a belt hangs from his ...
Egyptian funerary stele
This stele was reportedly discovered during illicit excavations at the cemetery of Deir el-Balah in Gaza, where a large number of anthropoid coffins came to light. The stele was locally produced for an Egyptian worshiper of the god Osiris, ruler of the ...
Egyptian funerary stele
This stele was reportedly discovered during illicit excavations at the cemetery of Deir el-Balah in Gaza, where a large number of anthropoid coffins came to light. The stele was locally produced for an Egyptian worshiper of the god Osiris, ruler of the ...
Cinerary urn in the shape of a shrine with a gabled and decorated roof
Until the 2nd century CE, most Romans cremated their dead and preserved the ashes in cinerary urns. Urns in the shape of altars and shrines were especially popular among the wealthy classes. The urns were usually deposited in vaults surmounted by ...
Funerary stele with a farewell scene
Steles like these were clearly related to the more personal aspects of people’s lives, but since they stood in public places, they were also designed to impress passersby. The deceased is probably the seated woman, who holds the hand of one of her ...
Stele of Tiglath-Pilesar III (biblical Pul)
This stele depicts Tiglath-Pileser III, founder of the Assyrian Empire, holding a mace- a royal emblem of authority- and wearing Assyrian royal headgear. Above him are symbols of the main Assyrian deities. Although the inscription commemorates the king& ...
