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The year of BCE 560 (Traditional BC 763)

 

ASSYRIAN ECLIPSE

“The Assyrian eclipse is also know as the Bur-Sagale (Bur-Sagille,Pur-Sagale or Par-Sagale) eclipse. It was recorded in Assyrian eponym lists, most likely in the 9th year of king Ashur-dan III. The actual short entry reads as follows: 

Bur-Sagale of Guzana, revolt in the city of Assur. In the month Simanu an eclipse of the sun took place.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_of_Bur_Sagale 

 

According to Fred Espenak the event had a considerable value of delta-T  (recently maintained as 21220.6 sec, in 1997 believed to be 19840.3 sec, while in 2007 it was determined as 22343sec…) and the shadow of the Moon was casted on our globe as it follows.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEplot/SE-0762Jun15T.gif

 The date June 15, 763 BC is inconsistent with the Babylon calendar. Accepting June 15, 763 BC as the date of the eclipse means that the same year Nisan 1 must have begun on March 20, that is 8 or 9 days before the spring equinox falling that year on March 28/29.  The Seleucid code helps us to find easily the date of the genuine solar eclipse.

BCE 560 Jul 20

 

Of course the value of delta-T is zero instead of the proposed 16500 sec!