Lunar eclipse of November 22nd, 353 BC Chr.

The lunar eclipse of November 22, 353 BC, noted in Babylonian sources . Chr. Belongs to the genus of ACT texts . This record acquired special significance through reference to the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes III. Today the cuneiform tablet BM 32238 is in the British Museum in London .

Babylonian mention

The astronomical event mentioned was a total lunar eclipse that had to be dated precisely based on the information in the cuneiform text. It occurred on the night of November 22nd  ,  353 BC. A. The scribe of the Babylonian cuneiform text noted the exact time of the lunar eclipse:

"[Artaxerxes III. 6th year]: 14th Araḫsamna (16/17 November ^greg. ): Beginning in the southeast, after 23 deg (about 70 minutes) total (lunar eclipse), which lasted 18 deg (about 50 minutes). "

- BM 32238

See also

• Lunar eclipse from 16./17. July 523 BC Chr.
• Lunar eclipse from 28/29. September 424 BC Chr.
• Lunar eclipse from 5th / 6th April 397 BC Chr.
• Ivory prism from Nineveh

literature

• Francis Richard Stephenson : Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-46194-4

Web links

• NASA: Lunar eclipse of November 22nd, 353 BC Chr.

Remarks

1. ^ Date in the proleptic Julian calendar .
2. ^ Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . P. 199.