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The Tel Dan inscription, or “House of David” inscription, was discovered in 1993 at the site of Tel Dan in northern Israel in an excavation directed by Israeli archaeologist Avraham Biran. The broken and fragmentary inscription commemorates the victory of an Aramean king over his two southern neighbors: the “king of Israel” and the ...
The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of David .
The Tel Dan Stele names eight biblical kings and is an independent, contemporary witness to Hazael’s victory over Joram and Ahaziah in 2 Kings 8:28–29.
The Tel Dan Stele was a black basalt stele erected by an Aramaean (Syrian) king in northernmost Israel, containing an Aramaic inscription to commemorate his victory over the ancient Hebrews. Fragments of the stele, which has been dated to the ninth or eighth century B.C.E., were discovered at Tel Dan in 1993 and 1994.
After a four-year hiatus, the Hebrew Union College is back excavating at Tel Dan, the site where the famous Tel Dan inscription —the first extra-Biblical evidence of King David—was discovered.
Perhaps the most famous find from Tel Dan is a stela, likely commissioned by Hazael of Aram sometime in the ninth century BCE, identifying a Judahite king from the “house of David” and thus providing the only extra-biblical reference to the famed King David.
The Tel Dan Inscription. In this video Prof. Cargill examines the Tel Dan, or “House of David” Inscription and reveals what it says, what it doesn’t say, gives its proper historical context, and explains why it’s important to biblical archaeology.
Although various small, fragmentary inscriptions have been found at the site of Tel Dan in Israel, the most important one is chiseled on several fragments of a black basalt stela. The inscription, known as the Tel Dan Inscription, is written in Old Aramaic.
The Tel Dan Stele, also known as the 'House of David Stele' bears the inscription, highlighted in white - the sequence BYTDWD. It is a broken stele (inscribed stone) discovered in 1993–94 during excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel/Palestine .
The Tel Dan discovery: What is it and How it impacted the debate about the Historicity of the Bible? The House of David Inscription, sometimes known as the Tel Dan inscription was uncovered at Tel Dan, an ancient city in northern Israel.