RT Article
T1 Remarks Concerning the Alleged Solar Eclipse of Muršili II
JF Altorientalische Forschungen
VO 44
IS 1
SP 23
OP 29
A1 Gautschy, Rita
LA English
PB De Gruyter
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1801475334
AB This article addresses the question whether the solar eclipse of April 13 th , 1308 BCE can be linked to the well known solar omen in regnal year 10 of Muršili II (KUB 14.4). Taking into account the local horizon at Ḫattuša and the methodological vagueries of applying modern astronomical calculations to ancient observations, this solar eclipse may well have been observed from the southern and south-eastern parts of the city. The correlation of this eclipse with the solar omen ties in nicely with historical dates provided by Pharaonic regnal years and Egyptian lunar data (Low Chronology).
K1 synchronism with Egypt
K1 eclipse 1308 BCE
K1 solar eclipse
K1 solar omen Muršili II
K1 Chronology
DO 10.1515/aofo-2017-0004