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Name of Object:

The Stele of Mesha, King of Moab, c. 850 BC. Ruins of Dhiban

Location:

France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

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Date of Object:

1905-1908

Provenance:

France

Description:

The discovery of the Mesha stele, in August 1868 by the German missionary F. A. Klein in the Jordanian site of Dhiban, incited much excitement from the scientific community, as it helped shed lights on elements of Biblical history.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

4-G-1036 (2)
L'homme et la terre. Tome 2 / Élisée Reclus

Citation of this web page:

"The Stele of Mesha, King of Moab, c. 850 BC. Ruins of Dhiban " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;192;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 192

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