INV. 008 · Inscription
Black Obelisk: Jehu's tribute
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An obelisk with scenes and captions of tributary peoples. The panel linked to Jehu directly connects an Israelite king with Assyrian imperial records.
Editorial note: Image metadata was checked against the Wikimedia Commons record; the object's historical identification should also be verified in the institution's catalogue.
- Type
- Inscription
- Nature
- Ancient objectThe object itself dates from the period indicated.
- Date of the object
- c. 825 BCEA monument of Shalmaneser III from the ninth century BCE.
- Depicts
- King Jehu of Israel kneeling before the Assyrian king.
- Institution
- British Museum, Londres
- Provenance
- Nimrud, modern Iraq.
- Image
- British Museum
- Licence
- Domínio público
- Retrieved
- Commons API, 2026-10-15
Sourced historical context
A panel from the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, from Nimrud, around 825 BCE, shows the tribute of King Jehu of Israel, on his knees at the Assyrian king's feet.