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Pillar figures are first found in small numbers around Judah in the 10th century BCE, then grew somewhat in geographic distribution and greatly in attestation. A single archaeological site could reveal them in the hundreds like in Jerusalem, or over a thousand like in Kuntillet Ajrud , so museums and universities contain a great number.
The Silchester Ogham stone is a pillar stone discovered at the Roman town on Calleva Atrebatum in Silchester, Hampshire during excavations in 1893. [1] Thus far it remains the only one of its kind found in England, and the only ogham inscription in England east of Cornwall and Devon .
The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia (then part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire), close to present-day Fethiye in Mugla Province, Turkey.It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC (circa 390 BC) as a tomb for Arbinas (Lycian: Erbbina, or Erbinna), the Xanthian ...
A latte stone, or simply latte (also latde, latti, or latdi), is a pillar (Chamorro language: haligi) capped by a hemispherical stone capital (tasa) with the flat side facing up. Used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people , they are found throughout most of the Mariana Islands .
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The Lion Pillar, named because of the large lion in high relief, was located east of the Acropolis of Xanthos and stands around 3 metres (9.8 ft) high. The stone chest is of white limestone, carved to fit the body. It has been postulated that this tomb was created between the early- and mid-6th century BCE.
Free-standing inside the burial chamber is a smooth pillar of blueschist, [4] [5] a metamorphic rock, some 2 m (6.6 ft) high, with a very rounded shape. Bryn Celli Ddu 'Pattern Stone' replica. Beyond the back wall of the chamber, in a location that would once have been within the mound, is a replica of the 'Pattern Stone'.
A picture stone, image stone or figure stone is an ornate slab of stone, usually limestone, which was raised in Germanic Iron Age or Viking Age Scandinavia, and in the greatest number on Gotland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] More than four hundred picture stones are known today. [ 3 ]