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Ancient upright stone slab
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stela
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Stela may refer to: Latinised singular stela of stele , a kind of stone monument Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010
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In the Long Count, the system of dating used on stelae, this date would be written as 12 baktuns, 18 katuns, 10 tuns, 13 uinals, and 15 kins, designating this day as being 1,861,475 days since the starting point from which the Maya count time.
STELA went nuts, the alarm claxons screeching, the monitors saying there were fires all over the ship, and hull breaches on the cargo hold and three subdecks below it.
As regards the Saite period, we are beginning to accumulate many stelae recording gifts to a god of land or houses, made either by the king or by private individuals.
The grave goods included a few crude stelae with incised crosses and other Christian insignia, proving what we had suspected from the nature of the burials themselvesthat they were those of Copts.
I ran to help the workman who was guiding the northwest corner of the stela, clinging to the guy rope and planting my heels in the mud in a vain effort to stop sliding.
On either side were wooden stelae, resembling huge totem poles or the pillars of a pagan temple.