Kurkh Monolith

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kurkh_Monolith
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Assyrian_monument
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III
gptkbp:British_Museum_inventory_number BM 118884
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Shalmaneser_III
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:dateCreated circa 853 BCE
gptkbp:describesEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Qarqar
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:John_George_Taylor
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1861
gptkbp:height 221 cm
gptkbp:inscription gptkb:royal_inscription
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage Akkadian
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kurkh,_Turkey
gptkbp:material gptkb:limestone
gptkbp:mentions gptkb:Ahab,_King_of_Israel
gptkb:Ben-Hadad_II
gptkb:Irhuleni_of_Hamath
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_period
gptkbp:significance earliest known mention of Israel outside the Bible
gptkbp:thickness 23 cm
gptkbp:width 87 cm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shalmaneser_III
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkb:Battle_of_Qarqar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kurkh Monolith