upright four-sided stone pillar that tapers as it rises and ends in a pyramid
a tall, tapering shaft of stone, usually monolithic, of square or rectangle section and ending pyramidally
A narrow tapering column of stone that is capped by a pyramid.
From the Greek word meaning; "a spit". It is a monumental tapering shaft usually made of pink granite. Capped with a pyramidion at the top. Obelisks are solar symbols similar in meaning to pyramids, they are associated with an ancient stone called BENBEN in Heliopolis. They were set in pairs, at the entrances of temples, and to some Old Kingdom tombs.
A tall, tapering column or structure, square, or rectangular in section, with a pyramid-shaped top. It is often used as a commermerative monument.
A tapering, four-sided pillar of stone which was usually inscribed with hieroglyphs to honour a pharaoh. Most were made of granite. The biggest Egyptian obelisk now stands in Rome and is nearly 31 metres tall. The biggest still in Egypt is 29.5 metres high and is estimated to weigh over 300 tonnes.
an upright, four-sided, tapered pillar that terminates in a pyramid; it may be inscribed or plain, and it is often placed prominently in the center of a pool, at the crown of a hill, or at the end of a terrace walk.
A tall, four-sided shaft, usually monolithic and tapering, rising to a pyramidal point.
a tall slender structure hewn from rock; originated in Egypt.
A tall, four-sided stone shaft, usually tapered and monolithic, that terminates in a point.
A single tapering rectangular block of stone. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey had obelisks as a central part of the story. Obelisks are were prominent in Ancient Egypt, as monuments.
An upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid.
a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
a derivative style of Egyptian monument
a monolithic stone monument whose four sides, which generally carry inscriptions, gently taper into a pyramidion at the top
a monument to the fertility deity, Egyptian Osiris (AKA Ashar (Asher Asherah), Hades, Pluto, Tammuz, Adonis, Balder, Baal, Bel, Dionysus, Bacchus, Herne, Pan, and others)
a thin, four-sided, tapering monument, often made of a single piece stone, which ends in a pointed top
An upright, four-sided pillar made of one solid rock. It gradually tapers upward until it ends in a pyramid. (See Observations Using a Gnomon)
Tall, square stone monumental shaft with pyramidal top used in ancient Egypt. The form, on a small scale in alabaster, is used as a decorative ornament in Directoire, Empire and contemporary interiors
a tall tapering shaft of stone, usually monolithic with a square or rectangular section ending with a pyramidal apex. Prominent in Ancient Egypt as a solar symbol, often at the entrance to tombs or as a cult object in shrines to the sun.
A column carved from a single block of stone, with a square (or rectangular) cross-section and a pointed top. The form came from Egyptian temples. Example 1
"Roasting spit," gigantic needle of stone which symbolized the sun god whose first rays touched the small golden pyramid upon the apex of the obelisk.
a four-sided stone pillar set up as a monument or landmark
a tapering pillar of square section, with a pointed top
An Egyptian monument with a tall, tapering shaft of stone with a pyramidal top.
A four-sided tapering ornament or monument customarily of stone, as Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park.
A four-sided, tapering shaft having a pyramidal point; a gravemarker type popularized by romantic taste for classical imagery.
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided tower topped with a pyramid.
Tall, thin column tapering to a point, often commemorative.
A tall, slender, tapering, usually 4-sided, stone monument surmounted by a pyramid, of Egyptian origin.
The four-sided inscribed pillar with a pyramidal apex erected by Egyptian kings on certain occasions. Gk: pointed pillar.
