Why pilgrims come
Meet the Catholic history preserved at this place
A ninth-century BC Assyrian monument in the British Museum whose inscription records tribute from “Jehu of the house of Omri.” One relief shows an Israelite delegation prostrating before Shalmaneser III, but the museum does not identify the kneeling figure with certainty as Jehu himself. This is a biblical-history museum stop, not a church, shrine, relic, or place of worship.
Step outside the devotional map to see an Assyrian royal monument naming the political house of a biblical king. It gives physical scale to the imperial world around Kings without turning a museum object into a relic.
What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
“Jehu of the house of Omri”
Read the Assyrian label for an Israelite tributary.
Tribute carved in stone
Study the delegation while resisting an unproven portrait identification.
History, not devotion
Use the object for biblical context; it is not a Catholic sacred site.
How to read this page
Sources, tradition, and what is verified
The destination record was last checked on 9/6/2026.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Biblical history in secular museum custody.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.
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