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Term: Stele

DEFINITION:
A stone or wooden oblong slab, generally taller than wider, usually erected for funerary or commemorative functions. They usually feature names and titles of an honored person and this may be carved into or painted on the object. There are many famous ones found in archeological research. For followers of Aleister Crowley, the most famous of these objects is the Stele of Revealing.