Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser, Sides One and Two
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is an Assyrian bas-relief sculpture in dark limestone. Found by British archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1846 in Nimrud (ancient Calah), modern northern Iraq, it commemorates the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858–824 B.C.) The second panel from the top on each of the four sides of this stele portrays Israelites. One, kneeling with his face to the ground, may be King Jehu or his ambassador bringing tribute to Shalmaneser around 841 B.C.
1 Kgs 19:9–18, 2 Kgs 9:1–10:36, 2 Kgs 12:1, 2 Kgs 13:1, 2 Kgs 14:8, 2 Kgs 15:12
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