The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab. Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab. Mesha also describes his many building projects. It is written in a variant of the Phoenician alphabet, closely related to the Paleo-Hebrew script. The stone was discovered intact by Frederick Augustus Klein, an Anglican missionary, at the site of ancient Dibon, in August 1868. A "squeeze" had been obtained by a local Arab on behalf of Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, an archaeologist based in the French consulate in Jerusalem.Wikipedia
The MeshaStele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan).Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw ...
King Mesha (Moabite: 𐤌𐤔𐤏, vocalized as: Mōšáʿ; [1] Hebrew: מֵישַׁע Mēšaʿ ) was a king of Moab in the 9th century BC, known most famously for having the Mesha Stele inscribed and erected at Dibon, Jordan.In this inscription he calls himself "Mesha, son of Kemosh-[...], the king of Moab, the Dibonite."
The MeshaStele details the victories of King Mesha of Moab over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It was found at Dibon, the capital of Moab, and dated to the ninth century BCE.The stone contains 34 lines of text, which have been translated into English. The italicized portions of the text, though likely, are not certain.
The Moabite Stone, otherwise known as the MeshaStele, contains an ancient inscription by Mesha, King of Moab during the late 9th century BCE, elements of which match events in the Hebrew Bible.The inscription describes two aspects of how Mesha lead Moab into victory against ancient Israel.First, he claims to have defeated ancient Israel on many fronts, capturing or reclaiming many cities and ...
King Mesha (Moabite: 𐤌𐤔𐤏, vocalized as: Mōšáʿ; [1] Hebrew: מֵישַׁע Mēšaʿ ) was a king of Moab in the 9th century BC, known most famously for having the MeshaStele inscribed and erected at Dibon, Jordan.In this inscription he calls himself "Mesha, son of Kemosh-[...], the king of Moab, the Dibonite."
Jan 11, 2023The MeshaStele describes Moab's territorial gains from the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Based on references within the text, Lemaire and Delorme believe that King Mesha commissioned the stone around 810 BCE, toward the end of his reign. Other scholars date the stone to c. 840 BCE and connect the events detailed in it to those of 2 Kings 3 ...
An altar inscription written in Moabite and dated to 800 BC was revealed in an excavation in Khirbat Ataruz. [4] It was written using a variant of the Phoenician alphabet. [5] Most knowledge about Moabite comes from the MeshaStele, [5] which is the only known extensive text in the language. In addition, there is the three-line El-Kerak Inscription and a few seals.
Dec 5, 2024How the Mesha Stele—also called the Moabite Stone—became public is an incredible tale itself. As described in Bible History Daily: [The] black basalt Moabite Stone was first brought to the attention of scholars in 1868 by Bedouin living east of the Jordan River and just north of the Arnon River. After several failed negotiations to purchase ...
La stèle de Mesha est une stèle de basalte découverte en 1868 et sur laquelle est gravée une inscription remontant à l'époque du roi moabite Mesha (IX e siècle av. J.-C.).Le texte de trente-quatre lignes (l'inscription la plus longue découverte jusqu'à présent pour cette époque de l'ancien Israël), est écrit en moabite.Datée de 850 av. J.-C. environ, elle relate les victoires de ...
From Wikipedia: The MeshaStele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan).Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and ...
Dec 15, 2024In 1868 Anglican missionary Frederick Augustus Klein discovered the MeshaStele or Moabite Stone in Dibon (now Dhiban), Jordan. It was the first "Canaanite inscription found in the region of Palestine, and the longest Iron Age inscription ever found in the region, constitutes the major evidence for the Moabite language, and is a "corner-stone of Semitic epigraphy", and history.