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Jehu on the Black Obelisk

Nimrud · ancient Assyria841 BCEContext: King James Version
Assyrian winged bull from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; contextual artwork, not the Black Obelisk

Assyrian art · The Met (contextual image)

An Assyrian royal inscription depicts tribute from the House of Omri, associated with the biblical king Jehu. An external record of a ruler also named in Kings.

Source citation: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-1104-1