[clarification needed] Its major use was from ancient Egypt in all the various categories of steles: funerary, Victory steles, autobiographical, temple, votive, etc.
The main body of the stele is then presented below, often separated with a horizontal line (register), but not always.
From the post-Amarna period onwards, many personal steles made exhortations to the ancient Egyptian deities; steles to specific gods "were erected to intervene personally with the local god, often to seek justice or offer an explanation for things that had gone wrong in their lives.
The deceased is shown kneeling, holding up his hands in prayer, ....."[1] Some of the personal votive steles had ears (hieroglyphs), to represent the gods listening to the supplicant.
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