Lunar eclipse of April 30th / 1st May 695 BC Chr.

The lunar eclipse of April 30th / April 1st May 695 BC Chr. Is handed down in Babylonian sources, namely in the ACT texts . This record acquired special significance because it refers to the Assyrian viceroy and Babylonian regent Aššur-nadin-šumi . Today the cuneiform tablet BM 32238 is in the British Museum in London .

Babylonian mention

The astronomical event mentioned was a partial lunar eclipse , which had to be dated precisely based on the information in the cuneiform text. The lunar eclipse began in Babylonia around 3:15 a.m. on May 1  ,  695 BC. The scribe of the Babylonian cuneiform text noted the exact time of the lunar eclipse:

“[Aššur-nadin-šumi 5th year]: Second month, 1st [.]. Day [...] complete, he (the moon) in the shadow. (Start) 30 UŠ (30 deg; about 120 minutes) before sunrise . "

- BM 32238

See also

• Lunar eclipse from 16./17. July 523 BC Chr.
• Lunar eclipse from 28/29. September 424 BC Chr.
• Lunar eclipse of April 5, 397 BC Chr.
• Lunar eclipse of August 30th 367 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 May 1st, 695 BC Chr.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Date in the proleptic Julian calendar .
2. ↑ The sunrise occurred around 5:15 a.m. local time.
3. ^ Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . P. 162.