upright stone tablet or monument, usually carved with text or patterns to mark a location or commemorate a person or event

an inscription on a stone tablet, or a rubbing of such an inscription used for calligraphic study

a style of literature used for inscriptions on stone tablets, often to praise virtues or record a person's life

(archaic) a vertical stone or wooden pillar used to observe the sun's shadow, tether animals, or guide a coffin into a tomb