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WERNER FORMAN/ART RESOURCE, NY

THE BLACK OBELISK of Shalmaneser III (r. 858–824 B.C.E.) features 20 reliefs depicting five defeated kings bringing tribute before the Neo-Assyrian monarch. In this close-up of the obelisk, the top panel describes the king receiving “tribute from Sua the Gilzanean,” and the bottom references “Jehu of the House of Omri.” The prostrate figure in the bottom panel is thought to be King Jehu of Israel, although some scholars have called this identification into question.