Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Mesha stele (also known as Moabite Stone) was found in 1868 in Dhiban (Dibon), Jordan. It is made of basalt stone, 1.15 m high and dates from ninth century BC. It contains an account of the achievements of Mesha, king of Moab, written in a variant of Hebrew, which include the defeat of a son of Omri, king of Israel. Today the stele is on display in the Louvre. Reference: [Louvre collection] This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.