entity · pol_moab
Moab
Also known as: Kingdom of Moab
Iron Age polity east of the Dead Sea, directly attested by the Mesha Stele and external texts but with changing and uncertain frontiers.
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 LouvreAttests a Moabite king and territorial claims.
Locator: AO 5066, lines 1-34 - informs · proposes interpretation
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Provides cautious reconstruction.
Locator: hegemony and polity analysis
Research description
Iron Age polity east of the Dead Sea, directly attested by the Mesha Stele and external texts but with changing and uncertain frontiers. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Polity extent uncertain
A polity is historically supported but its direct-control boundary cannot be drawn precisely.
Why does this record have this property?
Mesha's claims and settlement evidence do not define a single static Moabite frontier across centuries.
- Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066)
provides primary evidence · territorial claims - Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology
proposes interpretation · hegemony model
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066) — Musée du LouvreAttests a Moabite king and territorial claims.
Locator: AO 5066, lines 1-34 - informs · proposes interpretation
Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology — Bruce Routledge (2004)Provides cautious reconstruction.
Locator: hegemony and polity analysis
Referenced records
- Moab plateau · entity