Moabite Stone

American  

noun

1. a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.

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Etymology

Origin of Moabite Stone

First recorded in 1865–70

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Moabite Stone

The first big prize, discovered in 1868, was the so-called Moabite Stone, a three-foot black basalt stele with a 9th-century BCE, 34-line paleo-Hebrew inscription celebrating the Moabite King Mesha’s rebellion against the Israelites.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

The Mesha Stele, which is also known as the Moabite Stone, is an inscribed tablet that dates back to 840 B.C. and was discovered in 1868 by researcher Frederick Augustus Klein.

From Fox News ● May 2, 2019

Istar was conceived of as a god, and accordingly on the Moabite Stone Ashtar is identified with Chemosh, the patron-god of Mesha, just as in Southern Arabia also Atthar is a male divinity.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

One of these discoveries is that of the famous Moabite Stone.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

But the differences are dialectal only, like the differences which the discovery of the Moabite Stone has shown to have existed between the languages of Moab and Israel.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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