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Jehu on Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
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The panel shown here is part of an obelisk that contains a long inscription summarizing the triumphs of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858–824 BCE) until the thirty-third year of his reign. The…

Places:

Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)

Date:

859 BCE–824 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Violence, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

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Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Relief of five standing figures carrying objects, and another figure prostrate in the middle of figures, surrounded by rectangular border with Akkadian inscription.
Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription
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Uzziah’s reinterment inscription, Jerusalem. King Uzziah (reigned 785–733 BCE) was a leper and therefore, according to the book of Chronicles, could not be buried in the royal tombs and so had to be…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Subjects:

Health, Monarchy, Jerusalem, Burial, Cemetery, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

Categories:

Inscriptions, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.
Conquest of Lachish Depicted on Relief of Sennacherib
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This relief, from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh, shows Sennacherib’s army attacking Lachish (an event alluded to in 2 Kings 18:14 and 17). Sennacherib is sitting on his throne outside the city…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

700–681 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Violence, Exile, Gravestones & tombs, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Relief of rows of archers and soldiers with shields and spears.