entity · text_mesha_stele
Mesha Stele
Also known as: Moabite Stone, Louvre AO 5066, KAI 181
Moabite royal inscription describing Mesha's rebellion, building works, territorial claims, and conflict with Israel.
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.
830 BCE–805 BCE
Precision: approximate decades
Chronology model: Mesha reign window
highThe stele belongs to the ninth-century reign and claims of Mesha; individual narrated campaigns may precede the carving.
- informs · dates
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066) — Musée du LouvreProvides object context.
Locator: AO 5066 object date and inscription - informs · contextualizes
The Mesha Inscription and Moab — Andrew Dearman (1989)Provides historical discussion.
Locator: chronology essays
Research description
Moabite royal inscription describing Mesha's rebellion, building works, territorial claims, and conflict with Israel. 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
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066) — Musée du LouvreProvides object identity and Moabite text context.
Locator: AO 5066; KAI 181; 34 lines - informs · contextualizes
The Mesha Inscription and Moab — Andrew Dearman (1989)Provides critical historical and philological perspectives.
Locator: essays on text, language, and history
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity