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    The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is a black limestone Neo-Assyrian sculpture with many scenes in bas-relief and inscriptions. It comes from Nimrud...
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    — Shalmaneser III, Black Obelisk In 841 BC, Shalmaneser campaigned against Hadadezer's successor Hazael, forcing him to take refuge within the walls of...
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    Omri (redirect from Omri (King of Israel))
    as the Mesha Stele and the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III also mention his name; however, in the case of the Black Obelisk the reference is to the dynasty...
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    Jehu (redirect from Jehu of Israel)
    the lands of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. This suggests that Jehu offered tribute to Shalmaneser III, as depicted on his Black Obelisk, in order...
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    1853, it is one of only two intact obelisks to survive from the Assyrian empire, the other being the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. Both are now preserved...
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    Nimrud (category History of Nineveh Governorate)
    County Museum of Art) Assyrian lion hunt (Pergamon) Lamassu, Stelas, Statue, Relief Panels, including the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (British Museum)...
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  • Baal-Eser II (category Kings of Tyre)
    18th year of reign (841 BC). Jehu of Israel paid tribute at the same time, as shown on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. The mention of Baal-Eser's...
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    the fragmentary Stele of the Vultures is an early example of the inscribed type, and the Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III a large and well preserved...
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    Shalmaneser III (858–824 BC) to whom he paid tribute. This is based on an inscription on The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III showing "Yaua" son of Omri paying...
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    plain of the Sharon. In Assyrian inscriptions, the Kingdom of Israel is referred to as the "House of Omri". Shalmanesser III's "Black Obelisk" mentions...
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    Tell Ashtara (category Kingdom of Israel (Samaria))
    on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, which is very close to it in the Assyrian section of the British Museum in London. The Black Obelisk is dated...
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    the fragmentary Stele of the Vultures is an early example of the inscribed type, and the Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III a large and solid late...
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  • Israel, who then claimed the throne of Israel for himself. Jehu is mentioned in the inscriptions of Shalmaneser III, King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (reigned...
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    Kurkh Monoliths (category Wars of ancient Israel)
    two Assyrian stelae of c. 852 BC & 879 BC that contain a description of the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and his son Shalmaneser III. The Monoliths were...
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  • Babylonian Chronicle ABC1 (725 BC) – Shalmaneser V refers to URU Sa-ma/ba-ra-'-in "city of Samar(i)a" Annals of Sargon II (720 BC): Nimrud Prism, Great...
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    west. The Black Obelisk was discovered by Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1846 on the citadel of Kalhu. The obelisk was erected by Shalmaneser III and the reliefs...
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    9th–8th century BC Room 6 – Depiction of the hypocrite, Jehu, King of Israel on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Nimrud, c. 827 BC Room 10 – Human Headed...
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    numbers of Lamassu's, bas-reliefs, stelae, including the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, were brought to the British Museum. Layard's work was continued...
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    the description of the battle of Qarqar in the Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser III (mid-ninth century) and for Judah, a Tiglath-pileser III text mentioning...
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    Ashteroth Karnaim (category Book of Genesis)
    at that period; the same clothes are shown on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. The Black Obelisk is dated to about 825 BCE. It was also excavated...
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    Black and White Obelisks The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III in the British Museum, the White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I just behind Shalmaneser III...
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  • Persians". The ninth-century BC Neo-Assyrian inscription of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, found at Nimrud, gives it in the Late Assyrian forms Parsua...
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    Assyria (redirect from Rise of Assyria)
    The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, 9th century BC Statue of Shalmaneser III, 9th century BC Furniture ornament, 9th–8th century BC Crown of Queen Hama...
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    Jews (category Ancient peoples of the Near East)
    the description of the battle of Qarqar in the Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser III (mid-ninth century) and for Judah, a Tiglath-pileser III text mentioning...
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    John Henry Haynes (category Explorers of West Asia)
    organized exhibitions of his photographs. Nippur Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III American Institute of Archaeology William James Stillman John Robert Sitlington...
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    of the British Museum's Assyrian collection, where it is displayed alongside the Kurkh Monoliths and adjacent to the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III...
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    Relief (category Types of sculpture)
    Karnak Assyria: A famous collection is in the British Museum, Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III Ancient Persia: Persepolis, and rock-face reliefs at Naqsh-e...
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    the fragmentary Stele of the Vultures is an early example of the inscribed type, and the Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III a large and solid late...
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  • Kutha (category History of Babylon Governorate)
    night-[tim]e I arrived, the wall of Cuthah ... I spoke greeting, to Emesl[am]". On the Neo-Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (859–824 BC), Kutha is mentioned...
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    sculpture of a rhinoceros based on Dürer's image was placed at the base of a 70-foot (21 m) high obelisk designed by Jean Goujon and erected in front of the...
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