NAMED IN THESE RECORDS AS THE HOLDER

The Louvre

Paris

236

records held

24

listed on this page

openly licensed photographs

matched to our catalogue

236 records are held for this collection and 24 are listed here — the ones its own records tie to something biblical, audited first. The rest are in the research corpus, not on this page.

THE OBJECTS

What we hold for this collection.

Baal with Thunderbolt

1499 BC · sculpture; stele · limestone

Jastrow (opens in a new tab) Public domain

Ugaritic stele of Baal, the deity the prophets contend with.

Ugarit stele

DATE

1499 BC

CULTURE

sculpture; stele

FINDSPOT

Ugarit

MEDIUM

limestone

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 15775

RECORDED HOLDER

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

ARCHAEOLOGY CATALOGUE · ROW BA-128

Its reach, and its limit. Iconography supplies visual context for the Baal cult. It provides no archaeological verification of Elijah's miracle.

Bears on: 1 Kings 18 (storm-god context)

Matches a row of this project's archaeology catalogue

Mesha Stele

840 BC · stele; inscription; discovered text; archaeological find; sculpture; archaeological artefact · basalt

Mbzt (opens in a new tab) CC BY-SA 4.0 · share-alike

Moabite king Mesha's account of his revolt against Israel, beside 2 Kings 3.

Stele set up around 840 BCE by King Mesha of Moab

DATE

840 BC

CULTURE

stele; inscription; discovered text; archaeological find; sculpture; archaeological artefact

FINDSPOT

Dhiban

MEDIUM

basalt

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 5066

RECORDED HOLDER

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

ARCHAEOLOGY CATALOGUE · ROW BA-003

Its reach, and its limit. Mesha, Omri and Israel-Moab conflict; House of David reading on this stone is disputed.

Bears on: 2 Kings 3

Matches a row of this project's archaeology catalogue

RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 53, ex. 001

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) · Akkadian · stone

RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 53, ex. 001

DATE

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian

PERIOD

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

FINDSPOT

Ḫadatu (mod. Arslan Tash)

MEDIUM

stone

DIMENSIONS

2370 x 1570

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 11501

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

RELATED ROW · BA-007

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Menahem, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

RELATED ROW · BA-008

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Pekah and Hoshea, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

RELATED ROW · BA-009

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Ahaz, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

Shares a name with a row of this project's archaeology catalogue — a name match, not the same object

Named in the record: tiglath-pileser

RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 53, ex. 002 ?

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) · Akkadian · stone

RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 53, ex. 002 ?

DATE

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian

PERIOD

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

FINDSPOT

Ḫadatu (mod. Arslan Tash)

MEDIUM

stone

DIMENSIONS

2370 x 1580

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 11500

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

RELATED ROW · BA-007

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Menahem, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

RELATED ROW · BA-008

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Pekah and Hoshea, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

RELATED ROW · BA-009

Our archaeology catalogue has a row for Tiglath-pileser III records: Ahaz, which shares a name with this record. This object is not that one, so that row's conclusions are not repeated here.

Shares a name with a row of this project's archaeology catalogue — a name match, not the same object

Named in the record: tiglath-pileser

Stele of Zakkur

800 BC · stele · basalt

Rama (opens in a new tab) CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · share-alike

Aramaic stele of Zakkur of Hamath.

ancient Aramaean stele

DATE

800 BC

CULTURE

stele

FINDSPOT

Tell Afis

MEDIUM

basalt

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 8185

RECORDED HOLDER

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

ARCHAEOLOGY CATALOGUE · ROW BA-126

Its reach, and its limit. Aramean royal inscription contributes to the regional setting. The museum record establishes object identity and provenance; identifying its named adversary with a particular biblical Ben-Hadad requires translation-level review.

Bears on: 2 Kings 13:24 (Aramean royal context)

Matches a row of this project's archaeology catalogue

AO 08564

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · clay

unpublished unassigned ?

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

MEDIUM

clay

DIMENSIONS

74 x 46 x 22

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 08564

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

No biblical link recorded

Babyloniaca 03, 266-267 + pl. XVII

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) · Akkadian · clay

Babyloniaca 03, 266-267 + pl. XVII

DATE

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian

PERIOD

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

FINDSPOT

Terqa (mod. Ashara)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 04672

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

No biblical link recorded

Babyloniaca 15, 07

Hellenistic · Akkadian · tablet

Babyloniaca 15, 07

DATE

Hellenistic

CULTURE

Akkadian

PERIOD

Hellenistic

FINDSPOT

Uruk

MEDIUM

tablet

MUSEUM NUMBER

AO 17265

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: uruk

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sb

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sb

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Susa (mod. Shush)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­Sb —

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: susa

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sb composite

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sb composite

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Susa (mod. Shush)

MEDIUM

clay

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: susa

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sc

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sc

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Susa (mod. Shush)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­Sb —

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: susa

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sc composite

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid A2Sc composite

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Susa (mod. Shush)

MEDIUM

clay

RECORDED HOLDER

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: susa

Records and photographs are the museums' and archives' own, used under the licences each one states. A record here is a record, not an endorsement of any reading of the object.

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