a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost

A tapering pilaster which, in ancient Greece, was sculpted with the head of a god (usually Hermes). More generally, it now indicates any sculpture representing a human bust.

A representation of a head of Hermes, rising from a columnar pedestal.

a statue in the form of a square stone pillar surmounted by a bust or head, usually of Hermes, and used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative purposes in later periods

A pillar usually with a head on its top.

A squared stone pillar on a tapering base with a head (originally of Hermes but later of any god or important person) on top, used as a boundary marker.