stone tablet
Inscribed rock sheet
A stone tablet is a flat piece of stone bearing carved or inscribed text, typically associated with ancient writing systems and religious or legal proclamations.
The Ten Commandments were said to be written on stone tablets.
The term evokes permanence and authority—something set in stone.
Modern usage sometimes appears ironically: He acts like his opinions came down on stone tablets.
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- carvedCut to create form
- ancientVery old indeed
- ancient artifactObject from distant past
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
Ten Commandments · Moses · monument · slab · engraved · chisel · hieroglyphics · cuneiform · granite · marble · scripture · memorial · epitaph · grave marker · Rosetta · clay · runes · decree
- stone monumentsobelisk, monolith, menhir, dolmen, stele
- ancient communicationsmoke signal, hieroglyphs, carrier pigeon, pictographs, pictograms
- writing surfacespaper, papyrus, parchment, vellum, blackboard
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
- Asian gardenszen garden, Japanese garden, Chinese garden, bonsai, koi pond
stone tabletsky writing
Plane-made smoke messages
paper · digital screen · electronic display · papyrus · scroll
stone tabletpaper scroll
Document wound around itself
wax tablet · cloth · rubber sheet · fabric · leaf
stone tabletiPad
Apple's tablet device
e-reader · Kindle · smartphone screen · touchscreen · computer monitor
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