- An
orthostat is a
large stone with a more or less slab-like
shape that has been
artificially set
upright (so a cube-shaped
block is not an
orthostat)....
- 5,000 year-old
triskelion on an
orthostat at Newgrange...
-
designated as a
Historic National Park. An 8th
century BC "Tree of Life"
orthostat was
found here (illustration above). Two figures,
probably gods, dance...
- to lie on
their sides. In
other contexts the
English term is
usually orthostat. It is
typical in Gr****
architecture for
pairs of
orthostates to form...
- Press. ISBN 9781628370843.
Orthostat relief:
archer Orthostat relief:
hunting scene Orthostat relief: lion hunt
Orthostat relief:
Relief with Two Heroes...
- languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"),
standing stone,
orthostat, or lith is a
large upright stone,
emplaced in the
ground by humans, typically...
- An
orthostat depicting people playing knucklebones from
Carchemish (c. 8th
century BCE)...
- earliest-discovered
possible depictions of the Moon is a 3,000 BCE rock
carving Orthostat 47 at Knowth, Ireland.
Lunar deities like Nanna/Sin
featuring crescents...
-
Basalt lions from the
Orthostat Temple of
Hazor (c. 1500–1300 BC)
Hazor was
violently destro****
during the
Bronze Age collapse....
-
palace in Neo-Hittite
style with a rich
decoration of
statues and
relief orthostats.
These sculptures, even
though it is not
known how, were
fundamental to...
