ID: 901002651 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002651	Record Type: Character/Person

	Achab (Hebrew Bible character)

Note: Character in the Hebrew Bible, documented in other sources and likely based on a historical person. In the Bible, he was king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon.

Names:

	Achab (Hebrew Bible character) (preferred,Italian-P,D)
	Achab (Hebrew Bible character) (English-P,D)
	Ahab (Hebrew Bible character) (English)
	אַחְאָב (Hebrew Bible character) (Hebrew-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Achab (Hebrew Bible character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Achab (Hebrew Bible character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Ahab (Hebrew Bible character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	אַחְאָב (Hebrew Bible character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)