primary_source_object · src_louvre_mesha_stele
Mesha Stele (Louvre AO 5066)
Musée du Louvre
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Document and modern access
- Type
- museum object record
- Publication
- Not specified
Records informed by this source
- date assertion Mesha Stele — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · AO 5066 object date and inscription
Provides object context.
- date assertion Moabites — date assertioninforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Provides a Moabite royal self-representation.
- entity MoabEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066, lines 1-34
Attests a Moabite king and territorial claims.
- date assertion Moab — date assertioninforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066, lines 1-34
Attests a Moabite king and territorial claims.
- entity Mesha SteleEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181; 34 lines
Provides object identity and Moabite text context.
- event Mesha Stele records Moabite rebellion and state-building claimsEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181, lines 1-34
Object and inscription.
- property assignment Moab — has property — Polity extent uncertainEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides primary evidence · territorial claims
Supports assignment.
- relationship Moabites — associated population of — MoabEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Provides internal royal designation.
- relationship Mesha Stele — attests — MoabEvidence confidence: near certaininforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Direct attestation.
- relationship Mesha Stele — attests conflict with — Kingdom of IsraelEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides primary evidence · lines concerning Omri/Israel
Direct attestation.
- date assertion Mesha Stele records Moabite rebellion and state-building claims — date assertionEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181, lines 1-34
Object and inscription.
- entity MoabitesEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Provides a Moabite royal self-representation.
- myth interpretation Mesha Stele and Kings as competing royal-historical memoriesEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Provides Moabite account.
- claim The Mesha Stele directly attests Moabite state claims and Israel-Moab conflict, but its campaign sequence and territorial totality are royal propaganda rather than neutral repor…Evidence confidence: very highinforms · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Direct object.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highsupports · provides primary evidence · AO 5066; KAI 181
Provides Moabite account.