Obelisk of Shalmeneser III - San Jose, CA - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

The placard accompanying this obelisk explains that is is one of the first replicas cast (1936) at the British Museum where the original is.
Wikipedia (visit link) informs us about the original:

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is a black limestone Neo-Assyrian bas-relief sculpture from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq, commemorating the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858-824 BC).

It is the most complete Assyrian obelisk yet discovered, and is historically significant because it is thought to display the earliest ancient depiction of a biblical figure - Jehu King of Israel. The traditional identification of "Yaw" as Jehu has been questioned by some scholars, who proposed that the inscription refers to another king, Jehoram of Israel.[1][2] Its reference to 'Parsua' is also the first known reference to the Persians.

Tribute offerings are shown being brought from identifiable regions and peoples. It was erected as a public monument in 825 BC at a time of civil war. It was discovered by archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard in 1846 and is now in the British Museum. Replicas can be found at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, Illinois, at Harvard's Semitic Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the ICOR Library in the Semitic Department at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, District of Columbia, in Salem, Oregon, at Corban University's Prewitt/Allen Archaeological Museum and in the library of the Theological University of the Reformed Churches in Kampen, the Netherlands.

Description

This artifact features twenty reliefs, five on each side. They depict five different subdued kings, bringing tribute and prostrating before the Assyrian king. From top to bottom they are: Sua of Gilzanu (in north-west Iran), "Jehu of Bit Omri" (Jehu of the House of Omri), an unnamed ruler of Musri (probably Egypt), Marduk-apil-usur of Suhi (middle Euphrates, Syria and Iraq), and Qalparunda of Patin (Antakya region of Turkey). Each scene occupies four panels around the monument and is described by a cuneiform script above them.

On the top and the bottom of the reliefs there is a long cuneiform inscription recording the annals of Shalmaneser III. It lists the military campaigns which the king and his commander-in-chief headed every year, until the thirty-first year of reign. Some features might suggest that the work had been commissioned by the commander-in-chief, Dayyan-Assur."

Where is original located?: British Museum, London Where is this replica located?: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA Who created the original?: Assyrian artists Internet Link about Original: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 858-824 BC

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