Topic Overview
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (Interactive 3D Assyrian Monument • 2 Kings 9 –10): Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC. It is closely linked with Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone) — King Mesha of Moab & YHWH (IMAGE • archaeology): Inscribed black basalt slab (c. 840 BCE) recording King Mesha's rebellion against Israel , mentioning Omri, Chemosh, and the Sacred Name YHWH.
