Black Obelisk

The Black Obelisk of Assyrian King Shalmaneser III, erected around −825 and discovered at Nimrud, depicts tribute brought by Jehu, king of Israel, in −841.

The inscription identifies Jehu as belonging to the "House of Omri," the Assyrian designation for the Kingdom of Israel, despite Jehu having overthrown that dynasty. One relief shows a figure, traditionally identified as Jehu, bowing before the Assyrian king, though it may represent his envoy.

The monument provides independent archaeological evidence of Jehu's reign, Israel's diplomatic relations with Assyria, and one of the earliest surviving visual depictions associated with an Israelite king.