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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.
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 ...
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The Carpentras Stele is a stele found at Carpentras in southern France in 1704 that contains the first published inscription written in the Phoenician alphabet, and the first ever identified (a century later) as Aramaic. [2] [3] It remains in Carpentras, at the Bibliothèque Inguimbertine, in a "dark corner" on the first floor. [4]
The stele itself is regarded as genuine and historical by the vast majority of biblical archaeologists today. [13] The stele has been part of the collection of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, since 1873. [2] Jordan has been demanding the stone slab's return to its place of origin since 2014. [14]
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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 Royal Annals stele, of which the Palermo Stone formed part, may originally have been about 60 cm high and 2.1m wide. The fragments are composed of a compact hard black stone, probably a form of basalt. The Palermo Stone itself is an irregular shield-shaped fragment, 43.5 cm high, 25 cm wide and 6.5 cm thick (maximum dimensions).