Eclipse tablet

Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes

Description	Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
Date	465 BCE (circa)
Inscription Nr.	? (Akkadian)
Creator	Jona Lendering
Museum	London, British Museum
License	CC0 1.0 universal
Used on pages	Kidinnu, the Chaldaeans, and Babylonian Astronomy , Babylonia
Categories	Babylonia, Persia
Tags	Source, Tablet
Modern Countries	Iraq

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