stele

noun

The ancient stele was covered in hieroglyphics.

意味（1）

(archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.

A superior class of members...had their names inscribed upon a marble stélé or column.

意味（2）

(archaeology, uncommon) Any carved or engraved surface.

Two large hieroglyphed steles incised upon the face of a projecting mass of boldly rounded cliff.

意味（3）

(architecture, archaeology, obsolete) An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.