Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

Sculpture

Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Name/Title

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

Entry/Object ID

25NE01263

Description

Four-sided obelisk with five bands depicting various human and animal figures. Cuneiform inscriptions are located above and below each frieze.

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Plaster

Collection

Near East

Made/Created

Date made

825 BCE

Time Period

Neo-Assyrian

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Near Eastern - Assyrian

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

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

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Grayson, Kirk A. Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millenium BC II (858-745 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Periods Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. (See pages 62-71 for full translation of Black Obelisk text with commentary. Scan in filing cabinet B)