1) Orthostates 
(from the article `Anatolian religion`) The traditional Hittite iconography survived but was gradually permeated by Aramaic and Assyrian influences. Orthostats (stone slabs set at the base ... ...the development of a standard palace unit, known as a bit hilani, generally adopted some centuries later by the Syro-Hittites (see art and ......
A large stone which has been set vertically into the ground.
(in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.