The Saba'a Stele, also known as the Saba'a Inscription, is a

boundary stone A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other t ...

inscription of the reign of

Adad-nirari III Adad-nīrārī III (also Adad-nārārī, meaning "Adad (the storm god) is my help") was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Family Adad-nīrārī was a son and successor of king Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of hi ...

(811 to 783 BC) discovered in 1905 in two pieces in

Saba'a Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen from to . Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself for much of the 1st millennium BCE. Modern historians agree th ...

Sanjak of Zor The Sanjak of Zor () was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, which was created in 1857. Some of its area was separated from the Baghdad Vilayet. Zor was sometimes mentioned as being part of the Aleppo Vilayet,

, south of the

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in modern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. It is the primary source for the military campaigns of Adad-nirari III.Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, 1926, p. 260–261
/ref> The stele was erected by one of Adad-Nirari's officers, Nergalerish. The text consists of 33 lines in seven sections: a dedication, the genealogy of Adad-Nirari III, a description of Adad-Nirari III's campaign to Palestine in year 5, a tribute from Mari, King of Damascus, erection of a statue in Zabanni, introduction of Nergalerish and curses. The third section, describing a campaign in year 5, has received the most focus from scholars. The text as translated by

Daniel David Luckenbill Daniel David Luckenbill ( Hamburg, Pennsylvania 21 June 1881 - London, 5 June 1927) was an American assyriologist and professor at the University of Chicago. Publications Complete bibliography * John A. Maynard: ''In Memoriam: A Bibliography of ...

as below: The term "Pa-la-áš-tu" has been translated as

Philistia Philistia was a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (part of present-day Tel Aviv-Yafo). Scholars believe the Philist ...

by scholars.

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Reliefstele Adadniraris 3 aus Saba'a und Semiramis (1916)
9th-century BC steles 8th-century BC steles 1905 archaeological discoveries {{Istanbul Archaeology Museums Assyrian stelas Assyrian inscriptions History of Palestine (region) Collection of the Istanbul Archaeology Museums Philistia Archaeological discoveries in Syria

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