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    The 'Iran Stele' is an ancient Stele from the Assyrian Empire. Tiglath-Pileser III was instrumental in expanding the Neo-Assyrian Empire westward, reaching...
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    A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee), or occasionally stela (pl.: stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it...
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    inscribed on a basalt stele 2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall. The stele was rediscovered in 1901 at the site of Susa in present-day Iran, where it had been taken...
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    population. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources Iran Stele Antiquities of the Jews. 9:11:1 at WikiSource 'Tiphsah' is the name in...
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  • Ithobaal II (Tuba‘il) 750–739 BC Name found only on Iran Stele of Tiglath-Pileser III. Gave tribute to Tiglath-Pileser III. Hiram II 739–730 BC Also paid...
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    The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris...
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    The Sargon Stele (German: Kition-Stele) was found in the autumn of 1845 in Cyprus on the site of the former city-kingdom of Kition, in present-day Larnaca...
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    officials. List of Assyrian kings Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Iran Stele This estimate assumes Tiglath-Pileser was Adad-nirari III's son. Sometimes...
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    Christianity in Iran dates back to 3rd century. Through this time the Christian faith has always been followed by a minority of the population of Iran under its...
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    Mesopotamia and was able to carry off many monuments from Babylon, such as the Stele of Naram-Sin. His invasion of Babylon likely had to do with the overthrow...
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    lasted from 522 to 486 BCE. The monument, also known as the Chalouf stele (alt. Shaluf Stele), records the construction of a forerunner of the modern Suez Canal...
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  • Thumbnail for Stele of Meli-Šipak
    The Stele of Meli-Šipak is an ancient Mesopotamian fragment of the bottom part of a large rectangular stone edifice engraved with reliefs and the remains...
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    Elam (category Ancient history of Iran)
    statues of Marduk and Manishtushu, the Manishtushu Obelisk, the Stele of Hammurabi and the stele of Naram-Sin. In 1158 BC, after much of Babylonia had been...
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    Mountains, expanding his empire up to the Mediterranean Sea. His "Victory Stele" depicts his triumph over Satuni, chief of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains...
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    The Kelashin Stele (Kurdish: کێلەشین) (also Kelishin or Keli-Shin; from Kurdish Language: Blue Stone) found in Kelashin, Iraq, bears an important Urartian-Assyrian...
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    It is mainly attested by an inscription found on a funerary stele, termed the Lemnos stele, discovered in 1885 near Kaminia. Fragments of inscriptions...
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    The Stele of Vespasian (Georgian: ვესპასიანეს სტელა) is a stele celebrating Roman emperor Vespasian. It was written in Ancient Greek and found in 1867...
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    The Stele of Serapeitis (Georgian: სერაფიტას სტელა) is a funerary stele with bilingual inscriptions written in Ancient Greek and Armazic, a local idiom...
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    Parthian Empire (redirect from Arsacid Iran)
    the Arsacid Empire (/ˈɑːrsəsɪd/), was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes...
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    statues of Marduk and Manishtushu, the Manishtushu Obelisk, the Stele of Hammurabi and the stele of Naram-Sin. With these trophies, he attempted to give a new...
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    an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0521564960. McKeon, John F. X. (1970). "An Akkadian Victory Stele". Boston Museum...
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  • and a Seleucid governor. In the 20th century, a stone stele was found near Nahavand. The stele bore a copy of the dynastic cult inscription of Seleucid...
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    soldiers in the Battle of Kadesh. Another stele usually cited in conjunction with this one is the "Aswan Stele" (there were other stelae at Aswan), which...
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    Lullubi (category Ancient history of Iran)
    defeated the Lullubi and their king Satuni, and had his famous victory stele made in commemoration: "Naram-Sin the powerful . . . . Sidur and Sutuni...
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    historical records in the 13th century BCE with the Egyptian Merneptah Stele, and, while the worship of Yahweh is circumstantially attested to as early...
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    Urartu (category Ancient history of Iran)
    Urartian sites in northwest Iran were excavated. In 1976, an Italian team led by Mirjo Salvini finally reached the Kelishin stele, accompanied by a heavy...
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  • Mahabad (category Iranian Kurdistan)
    city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Mahabad first became...
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    Lagash and Girsu areas. Possible victory stele of king Rimush (front) (Louvre AO 2678). Possible victory stele of king Rimush (back) (Louvre AO 2678) Detail...
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  • Administrative Archives Shami statue Statue of Hercules in Behistun Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Ziwiye hoard Roland de Mecquenem (archaeologist) Frank Hole...
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    Qatna to the west in the Levant maintained their independence. However, one stele (stone monument) of Hammurabi has been found as far north as Diyarbekir...
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