On February 8, 1870, George Grove of the Palestine Exploration Fund announced the existence of the stele in a letter to The Times, attributing the discovery to Charles Warren.
Shapira became interested in biblical artifacts after the appearance of the so-called Moabite Stone, the Mesha Stele.
Nestorian Stele | Mesha Stele | View of the 1413 Yongning Temple Stele, from ''The Russians on the Amur'' (1861) by Ernst Georg Ravenstein | Mesha stele | Mesha |
Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as well as other extra-biblical sources such as the Mesha stele and the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Omri is also credited with the construction of Samaria and establishing it as his capital.
Archaeological references to the house are found in the Mesha Stele, the Tel Dan Stele, and the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.