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

Example Sentences

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

The Moabite Stone was set up by King Mesha to his god Chemosh in commemoration of this deliverance.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

For the passages referred to as provoking especial wrath, see Colenso, Lectures on the Pentateuch and the Moabite Stone, 1876, p.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

It is most unfortunate that the inscription contains no indication of date; but the forms of the letters used in it show that it cannot be very much later in age than the Moabite Stone.

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