Lunar eclipse of August 30th 367 BC Chr.

The lunar eclipse of August 30, 367 BC, noted in Babylonian sources . Chr. Belongs to the genus of ACT texts . This record acquired particular importance through reference to the Achaemenid King Artaxerxes II. Today the cuneiform tablet BM 35184 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. The lunar eclipse fell in a leap year in the Babylonian calendar and occurred on the night of August 30  ,  367 BC. A. The scribe of the Babylonian cuneiform text noted the exact time of the lunar eclipse:

"[Artaxerxes II. 38th year]: On the night of the 13th Abu (August 25th ^greg. ) 56 deg after sunset the covering of the moon began ."

- BM 35184

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 August 30th, 367 BC Chr.

Remarks

1. ^ Date in the proleptic Julian calendar .
2. ↑ The 1st Abu fell on August 18, 367 BC. Chr .; the 1st Nisannu on the 19th / 20th April 367 BC Chr.
3. ^ Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . P. 166.