. Modern research as illustrating the Bible . ) 16 g m:p;yt^w. The Tbibdte of .(f:ih as represented on the Black OheuskFrom Stade8 Geschichte dee Volkes Israel, i. 564, 565. To fan: /i. i - BLACK OBELISK OF SHALMANESER II 17 part of this obelisk consists of five tiers of bas-reliefs, representingtribute brought by subject nations to the Assyrian king : the apex andlower part are occupied by the inscription. This inscription provedto be the annals of Shalmaneser II (860-825 ). It was the firstlong inscription read by Rawlinson;1 and he read it, in the maincorrectly,8 in 1850 : but Hincks, i
. Modern research as illustrating the Bible . ) 16 g m:p;yt^w. The Tbibdte of .(f:ih as represented on the Black OheuskFrom Stade8 Geschichte dee Volkes Israel, i. 564, 565. To fan: /i. i - BLACK OBELISK OF SHALMANESER II 17 part of this obelisk consists of five tiers of bas-reliefs, representingtribute brought by subject nations to the Assyrian king : the apex andlower part are occupied by the inscription. This inscription provedto be the annals of Shalmaneser II (860-825 ). It was the firstlong inscription read by Rawlinson;1 and he read it, in the maincorrectly,8 in 1850 : but Hincks, in 1851, first read in the superscrip-tion over one of the bas-reliefs the name of Jehu, king of Israel, asthat of one of the tributary The words are— Tribute of Jehu, of the house of Ilumri4 (Omri) : silver, gold, a golden howl,a golden ladle, golden goblets, golden pitchers, lead, a staff for the hand ofthe king, (and) bdellium, I received. The tribute-bearers are bearded, and have a strongly markedJewish physiognomy. The(1,imI) House of Omri5, is
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