cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.3535/dzy-7a9-ecm
title: Chilina Gray, 1828

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/ckq-sya-vh8
title: Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/zqd-1nx-h59
title: Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/1v3-r5w-kaj
title: Styloptygma luteum (Garrett, 1873)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/rtn-xc6-fhl
title: Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2mp-zgy-9ye
title: Gyraulus Charpentier, 1837

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xsp-cwn-7lx
title: Conus anemone novaehollandiae A. Adams, 1854

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/sbr-at4-33p
title: Mitrella blanda (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/y47-1kr-sja
title: Cochlodina bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/dw9-0f4-7ye
title: Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/5t9-zjd-c63
title: Albinaria teres nordsiecki Zilch, 1977

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/j55-sw9-djb
title: Rupestrella philippii (Cantraine, 1841)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/3rp-a29-gwp
title: Propefusus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/51p-3ka-6hs
title: Alopia plumbea (Rossmässler, 1839)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/0dm-n7c-eag
title: Granaria frumentum illyrica (Rossmässler, 1835)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/881-6aq-rre
title: Cochlodina bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/rer-tbq-hw4
title: Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/try-tx4-f2a
title: Engina natalensis Melvill, 1895

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/lja-f9a-gs5
title: Agathylla lamellosa (J. A. Wagner, 1829)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/5ex-xwv-3j9
title: Macrogastra badia mucida (Rossmässler, 1835)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/djb-epw-hb9
title: Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2at-qha-g3v
title: Laminella gravida waianaensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/ml6-nfa-npw
title: Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/76k-gwa-1n3
title: Biomphalaria Preston, 1910

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2h3-t4l-r7w
title: Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/cjp-yby-ay0
title: Liamorpha Pilsbry, 1898

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/1p4-bdz-n0k
title: Herilla bosniensis rex H. Nordsieck, 1971

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/g4r-qh0-hv3
title: Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/a09-h83-hk8
title: Conus bandanus Hwass, 1792

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/rvy-22a-g6w
title: Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/l06-qlq-q0e
title: Mitrella turbita (Duclos, 1840)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/9tk-194-dmh
title: Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/b1b-mkw-jft
title: Pyrene punctata (Bruguière, 1789)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/285-5dz-7d5
title: Mactra antiquata Spengler, 1802

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xcc-20v-fy3
title: Albinaria senilis epirotica (Mousson, 1859)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/1l7-q9x-56j
title: Oliva parkinsoni Prior, 1975

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xhp-vrj-3rk
title: Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/8mc-j52-8p9
title: Persicula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/bav-nl6-mpx
title: Benimakia mariei (Crosse, 1869)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/lf9-vzj-h8r
title: Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1803)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2fb-5aj-66n
title: Turbonilla mirifica Pallary, 1904

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/8ah-ec4-3wf
title: Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/n7f-c07-72r
title: Atys naucum (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/wbx-d9x-f81
title: Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/9bg-wn4-abx
title: Spiralina alpinoligustica (Sacco, 1892)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/lh9-6kq-k4v
title: Napaeus Albers, 1850

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xr0-wld-yfw
title: Purpura Bruguière, 1789

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/l7t-s4q-d47
title: Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/lg5-k5m-j9t
title: Domiporta granatina (Lamarck, 1811)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/p96-d62-zgg
title: Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/l9g-ehv-lk1
title: Clausilia dubia dubia Draparnaud, 1805

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/zl1-rcm-lj1
title: Charpentieria itala latestriata (Küster, 1850)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/4fn-haz-knk
title: Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/9em-qwg-nxg
title: Amalda montrouzieri (Souverbie, 1860)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/27h-0c6-q59
title: Turbonilla fonteini De Jong & Coomans, 1988

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/q6g-kew-ayn
title: Gibberula Swainson, 1840

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/6la-fhj-vaq
title: Siphonaria G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/ss6-3yq-fqk
title: Odostomia plicata (Montagu, 1803)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/3qb-sfp-epe
title: Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/06l-2dr-l3y
title: Clausilia cruciata (S. Studer, 1820)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/41g-x68-ac6
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xf2-27v-yrz
title: Elephas Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/lg5-wps-cdc
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/qt9-3qh-qfj
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.9s9qek
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 20 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Cenchrus ciliaris",
 "Country is El Salvador",
 "HasCoordinate is true"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 20 records from 7 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0023125-250811113504898/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.3535/49r-vry-xtm
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/c0m-84h-npr
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/0wb-8cc-ake
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/393-psx-s63
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/780-z64-epk
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xlr-0gf-8x8
title: Macaca Lacépède, 1799

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.5519/qd.ui3h0ypv
title: Query on the Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk) (67 records)
DOI: 10.3535/921-5pa-zas
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/d90-tks-qpq
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/ftr-x4x-19t
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/rm2-8ca-yz3
title: Duboisia Szidat, 1936

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/xp3-enn-z9g
title: Capricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/252-2fx-6ad
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2h3-fej-be1
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/msy-573-xvs
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/2m2-1n9-93r
title: Elephas Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/y5r-c6a-fm9
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/h1e-bzz-yc9
title: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/vmr-78q-5rt
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/4pw-52s-te0
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/b1m-ya2-dga
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/1ea-hkz-845
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/p94-3l8-jw2
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/0ze-6b4-qqk
title: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/6ym-9k7-vz8
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/e71-bff-hse
title: Proboscidea Illiger, 1811

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/aql-t1q-xxs
title: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/e71-c35-tgq
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/nty-jdb-a7c
title: Sus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/x39-42b-vgq
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/0mf-hav-vvz
title: Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/j1v-y54-98m
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/qc4-3x5-tqr
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/6ff-j0w-2l3
title: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/bqq-ctr-5pb
title: Bovidae Gray, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/067-pzs-gp0
title: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.3535/vj0-6zn-00f
title: Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16903488
title: Fish as Indicators of Coral Reef Ecosystem Status

description: Monitoring coral reef health is essential for managing biodiversity and ecosystem

services in the face of accelerating environmental change. Here, we assess whether

aggregated reef fish indicators at the assemblage and family level can reflect variation

in coral reef benthic condition, structural complexity, and human pressure, across 77

sites in the western and central Indian Ocean. Our findings reveal that fish indicators

exhibit variable sensitivity and specificity to these ecological gradients. Human gravity

was the strongest and most consistent predictor across both assemblage-level and

family-level metrics, particularly for biomass and length-based indicators. Mean

assemblage trophic level, grouper (Epinephelidae) and butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae)

biomass, and surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) abundance were responsive to benthic

condition, while grouper length was the most specific indicator of reef structural

complexity. In contrast, parrotfish (Scarinae) indicators were not significantly

associated with benthic condition, challenging the assumption that they are tightly

linked to reef condition or degradation in this region. These results underscore the

need for careful selection of fish indicators of coral reef status and demonstrate how

family-level indicators can provide specificity in response to pressures that is not

captured within aggregate assemblage indicators. We recommend that additional

family-level fish indicators of coral reef ecosystem integrity and function be considered

within Red List of Ecosystems assessments, and that targeted family-level indicators,

such as butterflyfish and grouper biomass for benthic status, grouper length for

rugosity and surgeonfish abundance for benthic status, complement existing reef

benthic monitoring within global coral reef reporting frameworks such as the Global

Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
description: Description of the data and file structure

These files contain the abundance of fishes and their lengths, length-weight relationships, weights and trophic levels collected in 50 by 5 m belt transects at sites in the Western and Central Indian Ocean.

Files and variables

File: Samoilys_etal2025_EcoIndicators.csv

Description: 

Variables





X: Data point number




Year: Year of collection




Date: Date of collection




Country: Survey country




Location: Area within country




Station: Survey station corresponding to dive, generally 2 dives per site




Site: Survey site name




Family: Taxonomic Family




Species: Species 




Taxon.group: Taxonomic grouping




Functional: Functional grouping




TS: Transect number




Size.class: Lower starting point of size class




L: Mid point of size class




a: length-weight scaling coefficient




b: length-weight shape parameter




wt.g.: weight in grams




TrophicL: Trophic level




Ind: Number of Individuals
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16903489
title: Fish as Indicators of Coral Reef Ecosystem Status

description: Monitoring coral reef health is essential for managing biodiversity and ecosystem

services in the face of accelerating environmental change. Here, we assess whether

aggregated reef fish indicators at the assemblage and family level can reflect variation

in coral reef benthic condition, structural complexity, and human pressure, across 77

sites in the western and central Indian Ocean. Our findings reveal that fish indicators

exhibit variable sensitivity and specificity to these ecological gradients. Human gravity

was the strongest and most consistent predictor across both assemblage-level and

family-level metrics, particularly for biomass and length-based indicators. Mean

assemblage trophic level, grouper (Epinephelidae) and butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae)

biomass, and surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) abundance were responsive to benthic

condition, while grouper length was the most specific indicator of reef structural

complexity. In contrast, parrotfish (Scarinae) indicators were not significantly

associated with benthic condition, challenging the assumption that they are tightly

linked to reef condition or degradation in this region. These results underscore the

need for careful selection of fish indicators of coral reef status and demonstrate how

family-level indicators can provide specificity in response to pressures that is not

captured within aggregate assemblage indicators. We recommend that additional

family-level fish indicators of coral reef ecosystem integrity and function be considered

within Red List of Ecosystems assessments, and that targeted family-level indicators,

such as butterflyfish and grouper biomass for benthic status, grouper length for

rugosity and surgeonfish abundance for benthic status, complement existing reef

benthic monitoring within global coral reef reporting frameworks such as the Global

Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
description: Description of the data and file structure

These files contain the abundance of fishes and their lengths, length-weight relationships, weights and trophic levels collected in 50 by 5 m belt transects at sites in the Western and Central Indian Ocean.

Files and variables

File: Samoilys_etal2025_EcoIndicators.csv

Description: 

Variables





X: Data point number




Year: Year of collection




Date: Date of collection




Country: Survey country




Location: Area within country




Station: Survey station corresponding to dive, generally 2 dives per site




Site: Survey site name




Family: Taxonomic Family




Species: Species 




Taxon.group: Taxonomic grouping




Functional: Functional grouping




TS: Transect number




Size.class: Lower starting point of size class




L: Mid point of size class




a: length-weight scaling coefficient




b: length-weight shape parameter




wt.g.: weight in grams




TrophicL: Trophic level




Ind: Number of Individuals
DOI: 10.3535/pwn-vtd-vsc
title: Animalia

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc110806892
title: Mesha Inscription, KAI 181, Mesha' Inscription, Mesha'-Inschrift, Mesha Stela, Mesha' Stela

description: [Text Description:] Commemoration of military actions and building projects of Mesha, King of Moab ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 181 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1868 by a German missionary in Diban (Dhiban) ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Moabite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Basalt Stone, 1.1 meters high, 60-68 cm wide (or 1.15 m x 60 cm), rounded at the top ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Present stele has been restored from fragments, and missing text reconstructed based on paper squeezes
DOI: 10.25549/inscriptifact-ouc110807683
title: Mesha Inscription, KAI 181, Mesha' Inscription, Mesha'-Inschrift, Mesha Stela, Mesha' Stela

description: [Text Description:] Commemoration of military actions and building projects of Mesha, King of Moab ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] KAI 181 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Discovered in 1868 by a German missionary in Diban (Dhiban) ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Moabite ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Basalt Stone, 1.1 meters high, 60-68 cm wide (or 1.15 m x 60 cm), rounded at the top ❧ [Physical Object Note:] Present stele has been restored from fragments, and missing text reconstructed based on paper squeezes