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Moabite Stone
(The). Presented to the British Museum by the museum of
the Louvre. It was discovered by the Rev. F. Klein at Dibhan in August,
1868, and is 3 feet 10 inches high, 2 feet broad, and 14 1/2 inches
thick. The Arabs resented its removal, and splintered it into
fragments, but it has been restored. The inscription, consisting of
forty-four lines, gives an account of the war of Mesha, King of Moab,
against Omri, Ahab, and other kings of Israel. Mesha sacrificed his
eldest son on the city wall in view of the invading Israelites. He set
up this stone at Kermost B.C. 900.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Moabite Stone from Infoplease:
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