entity · text_black_obelisk
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
Also known as: BM 118885
Neo-Assyrian monument whose tribute scene and caption identify Jehu or the house of Omri.
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.
841 BCE–825 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III and the Tribute of Jehu — The British MuseumProvides object and scene metadata.
Locator: Black Obelisk panel and caption; museum registration - informs · provides primary evidence
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1996)Provides critical edition.
Locator: Shalmaneser III tribute inscriptions
Research description
Neo-Assyrian monument whose tribute scene and caption identify Jehu or the house of Omri. The text is evidence for its own date, genre, and reception; any event or identity inference is modeled separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III and the Tribute of Jehu — The British MuseumProvides object and scene metadata.
Locator: Black Obelisk panel and caption; museum registration - informs · provides primary evidence
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1996)Provides critical edition.
Locator: Shalmaneser III tribute inscriptions
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity