sources: SRC_MESHA_STELE

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SRC_MESHA_STELE The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone), c. 840 BCE; ed. John A. Dearman, Studies in the Mesha Inscription and Moab (Scholars Press / ASOR, Atlanta, 1989)   primary inscription/artifact The Mesha Stele (also: Moabite Stone; KAI 181) is a basalt monument erected by King Mesha of Moab c. 840 BCE, now in the Louvre. At 34 lines it is the longest Iron Age inscription from the southern Levant and the most detailed pre-biblical account of Kemosh as national deity. The text names Kemosh nine times, attributes Moab's subjugation under Omri of Israel to Kemosh's anger, and records Kemosh's command to retake Israelite-held territory ("Go, take Nebo against Israel"). It explicitly mirrors the Deuteronomistic theology of Yahweh applied to Kemosh: divine anger, military defeat, divine favour, restoration. Dearman (1989) provides the standard critical edition and commentary; the KAI (Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften) number is 181. Primary source for all Kemosh claims in this layer.

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