The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha...
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most famously for having the Mesha Stele inscribed and erected at Dibon, Jordan. In this inscription he calls himself "Mesha, son of Kemosh-[...], the king...
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with the others being the Mesha Stele, the Tel Dan Stele, and the Kurkh Monoliths. Consequently, some consider the Merneptah Stele to be Petrie's most famous...
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is attested to by numerous archaeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over an unnamed son of King Omri...
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Ariel (angel) (section Bible and Mesha Stele)
and Christianity The word Ariel appears in the Hebrew Bible and on the Mesha Stele under various spellings but not as the name of an angel. In 2 Samuel...
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are historically attested in the Moabite-language inscriptions on the Mesha Stele, dated ca. 840 BCE. Chemosh is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The...
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stelae. Stele of Vespasian Code of Hammurabi Gwanggaeto Stele King Ezana's Stela Kul Tigin Lemnos stela Lapis Niger Mesha Stele Naram-Sin Xi'an Stele Pig...
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described as Moabite; this is a very small corpus limited primarily to the Mesha Stele and a few seals. Moabite, together with the similarly poorly-attested...
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Ataroth (section Mesha Stele)
and the Mesha Stele. Atarot(h) may mean "crowns" or "cattle pens" in Hebrew. The Mesha Stele from about 840 BC was erected commemorating Mesha's victory...
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BCE) containing the name "Israel", the others being the Merneptah Stele, the Mesha Stele, and the Kurkh Monoliths. The Tel Dan inscription generated considerable...
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