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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Marie-Thérèse (1970). "Peut-On Remettre en Question la "Restitution Matérielle de la Stèle des Vautours"?". Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in French). 29 (4):...
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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) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    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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    Chemosh (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Moabite king Mesha (Mōšaʿ‍), who ascended to the Moabite throne during the reign of Ahab, wrote in his inscriptions (inlunding the Mesha Stele) that the...
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    "Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River." According to the Moabite Mesha Stele (ca. 840 BCE) the Moabites reclaimed many territories in the second part...
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    changed back and forth between Israel and Moab, as mentioned in the Mesha Stele. During its rule by the Roman and Byzantine empires from the 2nd to the...
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    language which already has a script associated with it. Mesha Stele – Moabite stele commemorating Mesha's victory over Israel (c. 840 BCE) Transliteration of...
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    to William F. Albright, in its script, it resembles very closely the Mesha Stele that is very important in biblical archaeology. King Kilamuwa is shown...
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    The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris...
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    the time of excavation). The stele was excavated by the French Archaeological Mission under the direction of Jacques de Morgan. Father Jean-Vincent Scheil...
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    David (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    which is translated as "House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House...
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    The Stele of Zakkur (or Zakir) is a royal stele of King Zakkur of Hamath and Luhuti (or Lu'aš) in the province Nuhašše of Syria, who ruled around 785...
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    The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain...
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  • waste and his seed is not;" Mesha Stele was discovered in 1868-70 and was created around 840 BCE by King Mesha of Moab. Mesha tells how Kemosh, the God...
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    "Yahweh" in the Levant until some four hundred years later with the Mesha Stele (9th century BCE). Because of this, Christian Frevel argues that YHWH...
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    Thunderbolt or the Baal stele is a white limestone bas-relief stele from the ancient kingdom of Ugarit in northwestern Syria. The stele was discovered in 1932...
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    840 BCE, the Mesha Stele records the victory, which happened years before, of the Kingdom of Moab (in today's Jordan), under King Mesha, over the Kingdom...
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    taillés dans la même pierre que là stèle." Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, La stèle de Byblos, EAO 1, 1-36, 83-84 Mission de Phénicie, page 855, "Additions...
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    ISBN 978-1-317-54435-7. "Biblical Archaeology 4: The Moabite Stone (A.k.a. Mesha Stele)". 15 July 2011. "The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence...
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    The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon) is a painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon, depicting...
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    connaissance de l'histoire, de la religion et de la langue des Araméens..." Clermont-Ganneau Charles. Deux stèles de Nerab In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie...
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  • understood. The oldest known examples of punctuation marks were found in the Mesha Stele from the 9th century BC, consisting of points between the words and horizontal...
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    Kurkh Monoliths (category 9th-century BC steles)
    the name of Israel, the others being the Merneptah Stele, the Tel Dan Stele, and the Mesha Stele. This description is also the oldest document that mentions...
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    de' Medici cycle Painting Peter Paul Rubens The Astronomer Painting Johannes Vermeer The Code of Hammurabi Bas relief law code (Babylon) Mesha Stele Basalt...
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    stele known as the Mesha Inscription dated to the mid-9th century BCE in reference to the towns occupation by the Israelites. The Moabite king Mesha took...
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