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Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser III
Also known as: BM 118884, Kurkh Monolith
Neo-Assyrian royal inscription describing the battle of Qarqar and naming Ahab the Israelite among a coalition.
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.
853 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1996)Critical edition and translation.
Locator: RIMA 3 A.0.102.2, Qarqar passage - informs · locates
Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser III (BM 118884) — The British MuseumProvides object identifier and custody.
Locator: BM 118884
Research description
Neo-Assyrian royal inscription describing the battle of Qarqar and naming Ahab the Israelite among a coalition. 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
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1996)Critical edition and translation.
Locator: RIMA 3 A.0.102.2, Qarqar passage - informs · locates
Kurkh Monolith of Shalmaneser III (BM 118884) — The British MuseumProvides object identifier and custody.
Locator: BM 118884
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity