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Alvaro Semedo was the first European to visit the stele (some time between 1625 and 1628). [9] Nicolas Trigault's Latin translation of the monument's inscription soon made its way in Europe, and was apparently first published in a French translation, in 1628. Portuguese and Italian translations, and a Latin re-translation, were soon published ...
A stele (/ ˈ s t iː l i / STEE-lee), from Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai, [Note 1] 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.
A stele (plural steles or stelai) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected as a monument, very often for funerary or commemorative purposes. Stele may also refer to: Stele monuments
Detail from the shorter fragment base of the stele, found in 1897, that is in a museum on Paros. It contains chronicle entries for the years 336–299 BC. The Parian Chronicle or Parian Marble ( Latin : Marmor Parium , abbr. Mar. Par. ) is a Greek chronology , covering the years from 1582 BC to 299 BC, inscribed on a stele .
The translation of the stele. ""I am KTMW (Kuttamuwa), servant of Panamuwa, who commissioned for myself (this) stele while still living. I placed it in an eternal chamber and established a feast (at) this chamber: a bull for Hadad Qarpatalli, a ram for NGD/R ṢWD/RN, a ram for Šamš, a ram for Hadad of the Vineyards, a ram for Kubaba , and a ...
The Letoon trilingual stele in Fethiye Museum. Lētōon temple complex. The foundations of the three temples are clearly visible. The Letoon trilingual, or Xanthos trilingual, is an inscription in three languages: standard Lycian or Lycian A, Greek, and Aramaic covering the faces of a four-sided stone stele called the Letoon Trilingual Stele, discovered in 1973 during the archeological ...
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In most manuscripts of Jerome's work, one of the interpretations offered is as "stella maris", star of the sea. But this was probably originally stilla maris, meaning "drop of the sea" (as written in one manuscript), based on מר mar, a rare biblical word for "drop", [a] and ים yam "sea". [4]