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  2. Stela of the cactus bearer - Wikipedia

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    The anthropomorphic being represented on the stela has, as Lumbreras describes it, serpent, eagle and feline attributes. This would be the message of shamanic transformation to which Burger refers. [ 33 ] [ 69 ] Likewise, given that the personage is carrying a San Pedro cactus in a ceremonial plaza, this fact accentuates the argument that "the ...

  3. Kurgan stelae - Wikipedia

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    A Hakkari stele: An armed warrior man wearing a cap (1500-1000 BCE) Bronze Age anthropomorphic funerary stelae have been found in Saudi Arabia. There are similarities to the Kurgan type in the handling of the slab-like body with incised detail, though the treatment of the head is rather more realistic. [15]

  4. Stele - Wikipedia

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    Stele fulfilled several functions. There were votive, commemorative, and liminal or boundary stelae, but the largest group was the tomb stelae. Their picture area showed the owner of the stele, often with his family, and an inscription listed the name and titles of the deceased after a prayer to one, or several, of the gods of the dead and ...

  5. Civic Archaeological Museum of the Menhir Statues - Wikipedia

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    In addition, a hundred fragments of iconic and aniconic anthropomorphic statues, obtained from local ignimbrite were found, reused on site in a dry stone wall. The noble floor: The first level of the building is occupied by the noble floor. Two rooms are embellished by the sumptuous nineteenth-century wallpapers from the Joseph Dufour ...

  6. Grave Stele of Hegeso - Wikipedia

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    The Grave Stele of Hegeso, most likely sculpted by Callimachus, is renowned as one of the finest Attic grave stelae surviving (mostly intact) today. Dated from c. 410 – c. 400 BCE , [ 1 ] it is made entirely of Pentelic marble .

  7. Arco stelae - Wikipedia

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    They are similar in style to other anthropomorphic stelae made across Europe between the 4th and 3rd ... Media related to Statue stele di Arco at Wikimedia ...

  8. Stele (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Outside the stele lies the endodermis, which is the innermost cell layer of the cortex. The concept of the stele was developed in the late 19th century by French botanists P. E. L. van Tieghem and H. Doultion as a model for understanding the relationship between the shoot and root, and for discussing the evolution of vascular plant morphology. [2]

  9. Lanzón - Wikipedia

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    Due to the imagery being divided, one would have to circumambulate the fixture in order to fully observe its design. The Lanzon depicts an anthropomorphic figure with a snarl, claws, and teeth akin to a jaguar. The being's hair flows in all directions, ending with the heads of snakes. The eyes are stylized, commonly referred to as pendant eyes.