entity · people_moabites
Moabites
Also known as: People of Moab
People associated with the Iron Age polity of Moab; not automatically all earlier plateau inhabitants.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1000 BCE–500 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066) — Musée du LouvreProvides a Moabite royal self-representation.
Locator: AO 5066; KAI 181 - informs · contextualizes
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Separates settlement, hegemony, and state formation.
Locator: polity-formation chapters
Research description
People associated with the Iron Age polity of Moab; not automatically all earlier plateau inhabitants. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066) — Musée du LouvreProvides a Moabite royal self-representation.
Locator: AO 5066; KAI 181 - informs · contextualizes
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Separates settlement, hegemony, and state formation.
Locator: polity-formation chapters
Referenced records
- Moab plateau · entity