Some quotes with considerations re “new light”; when it happens, and how to handle it

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Created 5968_{[v2023-12-04]}12 16 – 01 11 2040 [Mon 2025-03-17 – Thu 2025-04-10]

An Analysis of One Clay Tablet

in Three Fragments Identified as

(From github.com, studied and edited by TLT©)

Origin: A tablet made up of three joining pieces, BM 35115, BM 35789 and BM 45640, acquired by the British Museum in 1879 and 1881 [1].

First Published: 1955 by T G Pinches as LBAT 1415, 1416 and 1417 [2]

Also known as ADT V Lunar Text No.3.

Abstract:

As apparently no one else, I also have not been able to identify the eclipses recorded on the reverse of this clay tablet. It appears to cover lunar eclipses during the time of a king reigning at least into his 45^th year, however no king is named on the clay tablet. Searching all the Assyrian and Babylonian kings between 908 BCE – 560 BCE, I found only two that came anywhere close: Ashurbanipal reigned 42 years, Nebuchadnezzar probably(!) into his 45^th year, but the eclipses on this clay tablet fits neither one of these two kings. Indeed, I found no eclipse fitting the 26^th year eclipse record of this clay tablet when searching all the eclipses from 750 BCE – 560 BCE. Searching the eclipse pattern in year 8, 9, 26, 27, and 45 of said unnamed king I found nothing (using Excel) for the years 1100 BCE – 350 BCE. Too bad that the clay tablet is so damaged with so much information missing.

The obverse of the clay tablet records lunar eclipses, most of them calculated, below the horizon, and therefore not visible, recorded as “omitted”, during three named Babylonian kings, Bēl-ibni, Šamaš-šuma-ukin, and Kandalanu, whose regnal years I have confirmed from other, much better preserved, clay tablets. Based on those known reigns of said three kings, I was able to identify all of the recorded eclipses on the obverse of this clay tablet. For Šamaš-šuma-ukin, these, my most recent, identifications basically confirm those of Hunger et.al., while requiring a revision of my own, now obsolete, analysis from 2014.

Accordingly, I was able to identify the exact regnal years of Bēl-ibni, based on one recorded lunar eclipse, the exact regnal years of Šamaš-šuma-ukin, as based on the BM 32312 clay tablet and more, were confirmed by 6 additional lunar eclipses correlations as recorded on this BM 35115+BM 35789+BM 45640 clay tablet, and the exact regnal years of Kandalanu, was once again confirmed by the record on this clay tablet.

The following correlations were identified and confirmed on the one fragmented BM 35115+BM 35789+BM 45640 clay tablet. Here listed in order of time:

1. Col. I’, l. 1’-5’ Bēl-ibni’s 1^st (?) year The Moon set eclipsed before sunrise AM, Jul 23, 700 BCE

2. Col. III’, l. 1-4 Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s accession year, month II Eclipse beginning at -40° altitude after sunrise AM, May 2, 668 BCE

3. l. 5-6 Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s accession year, month VIII Eclipse beginning at -30° altitude before sunset PM, Oct 25, 668 BCE

4. l. 1’-3’ Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s 1^st year Eclipse beginning at +28° altitude before sunrise AM, Oct 15, 667 BCE

5. l. 4’-6’ Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s 2^nd year, month I Eclipse beginning at +3° (calc.) altitude after sunset PM, Apr 10, 666 BCE

6. Col. IV’, l. 1-4 Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s 18^th year, month II Eclipse ending at -1° altitude before sunset PM, May 13, 650 BCE

7. l. 5 Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s 18^th year, month VIII [Eclipse] No details, damaged clay tablet Noon, Nov 6, 650 BCE

8. Col. V’, l. 1-6 Kandalānu’s 16^th year, month III Eclipsed while at 20° behind α Scorpii PM, May 24, 632 BCE

BM 35115:

BM 35789:

No image found

Šamaš-šumu-ukīn 𒌋𒌋𒈬𒁺 =

I do not find the above cuneiform script anywhere on the images above and below!

BM 45640:

Translation

Obv.

1' [....] after sunrise?

2' [....] .... (Year) 1? of Bēl-ibni

3' [....] to between south

4' [....] it set eclipsed.

5' [At .... before sunri]se.

II'

1 [....] ....

2 [Month II?,] (after) 5 months ...., between

3 [nor]th and east it began; two-thirds of the disk

4 [was covered?. The we]st? wind blew.

5 [At] 1,40°

6 [after sun]set.

7 [Month VI] was intercalary.

8 [....1]4? .... which was omitted.

9 [At ....] after sunrise.

(break)

1' [....] ....

2' all? was covered. In 6°?

3' middle of Aries .... The south wind

4' blew. At 20° after sunset.

5' (Year) 5, [month I], the 15th, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6' At [x]+10° after sunrise.

III'

1 Accession year of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn.

2 month II, (after) 5 months;

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 40° after sunrise.

5 Month VIII, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6 At 30° before sunset.

(break)

1' .... [....]

2' It set eclipsed. At 20°+[x]

3' before sunrise.

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....

5' began?. At 3°? [....]

6' after sunset.

IV'

1 (Year) 18 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn,

2 month II, (after) 5 months,

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 1,0° before sunset.

5 Month VIII, the 13th, .... [....]

6 and south [....]

7 .... [....]

8 .... [....]

1 (Year) 16 of Kandalānu,

2 month III, (after) 5 months, the 15th, 2 fin[gers?]

3 between north and east were covered.

4 It cleared in the north. The north wind b[lew?.]

5 20° onset, maximal phase, [and clearing ....]

6 behind α Scorpii [it was eclipsed.]

Rev.

1' [....] which was omitted.

2' [At] 12°? before sunset.

3' [.... the 1]4th, moonrise to sunset: 1°;

4' [....] ....

5' [....] ....

6' [....] after sunset.

7' [....] .... it was eclipsed.

8' [....] .... 10?

9' [....] clouds?

10' [....] not seen

11' [....] seen

12' [.... be]fore sunrise.

13' [....] ....

II'

1' [....] omitted [....]

2' Month XII₂, the 14th,

3' it began on the south side.

4' one-fourth of the disk was covered.

5' It cleared to the west. 27°

6' onset, maximal phase. and clearing.

7' The "garment of the sky" was there. the south wind blew.

8' At 48° after sunset.

9' (Year) 8, month VI. the 14th, 1 ½

10' fingers? ....

11' At 1,20° before sunrise.

12' Month XII, the 14th, (eclipse) which was omitted.

13' At ⅓ bēru before sunset.

14' (Year) 9, month VI, the 13th,

15' [....] ....

III'

1' .... [....]

2' At 20° after sunrise.

3' (Year) 26, month I, the 12+[xth,]

4' it began on the east side; it set eclipsed.

5' 1 ⅔ cubits in front of β

6' Capricorni it was eclipsed. The north wind which was

7' set to the east side blew.

8' At 10°

9' before sunrise.

10' Month VII, the 13th. (eclipse) which was omitted.

11' At 12°? after sunrise.

12' Month XII₂, the 15th. when it began on the south side.

13' in 15° all was covered. 21°

14' maximal phase. When it began to clear from the east.

15' it cleared in 19° of night to the west.

16' 55°' onset, maximal phase. and clearing.

17' 14 fingers in front of α Librae

18' it was edipsed. (In) its eclipse. the w[est? wind]

19' which was slanted to tle south [blew.]

20' At 37° [after sunset.]

21' (Year) 2[7, ....]

IV'

1' [....] .... [....]

2' (Year) 45, month I, the 10+[xth, ....]

3' to sunrise .... [....]

4' from .... [....]

5' .... [....]

Considerations:

Translation

Obv.

1' [....] after sunrise?

2' [....] .... (Year) 1? of Bēl-ibni

3' [....] to between south

4' [....] it set eclipsed.

5' [At .... before sunri]se.

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TLT Considerations re the lines above translated:

Wikipedia: “Bēl-ibni was a Babylonian nobleman who served as King of Babylon for several years as the nominee of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Sennacherib… appointed Bēl-ibni… King of Babylon in 703 BC”.

As here discovered, if line 2’ above correctly indicates year 1 of Bel-ibni, then Wikipedia’s “703 BCE” must be corrected to 701 BCE:

Potential candidates for the eclipse recorded on lines 2’-5’ above:

Considerations re the five potential candidates above. Please notice that the first three of these five eclipses took place prior to Hezekiah’s pole shift, when Nimrod-Kalhu-Ashur was located where presently Brazil is located:

1) The Sep 23, 703 BCE total eclipse:

1. Did not set until 3 min 50 sec past sunrise (last sliver of Moon and first glimpse of the Sun).

2. At sunrise the Moon’s altitude was 0° 31’ (i.e. above the flat Pre-Hezekiah Nimrud-Ashur-Kalhu horizon.)

3. Time difference between moonset and sunrise is slightly less at more easterly locations, but more likely the cause is found in the difference between a flat horizon vs a horizon higher than about 0° 15’ (half of 31’ on the west, half on the east horizon).

4. Per my XXIX.4 Excel version this eclipse would make Bel-ibni’s accession prior to that of Sennacherib, who reportedly appointed Bel-ibni. It must accordingly be excluded.

2) The Jul 23, 700 BCE partial eclipse:

1. Did not set until 2 min 53 sec past sunrise, the shortest among these five eclipses, and, on that basis alone, the most likely contender for matching the above quoted clay tablet.

2. At sunrise the Moon’s altitude was 0° 19.897’ (i.e. above the flat Pre-Hezekiah Nimrud-Ashur-Kalhu horizon.)

3. Being the earliest of the eclipses subseqent to Sennacherib’s accession year, it is therefore also certainly the most likely one described on the above quoted clay tablet.

3) The Jul 12, 699 BCE partial eclipse:

1. Did not set until 3 min 9 sec past sunrise

2. This eclipse is the one closest prior to Hezekiah’s poleshift.

4) The Nov 15, 697 BCE partial eclipse did not set until 3 min 34 sec past sunrise (i.e. above the flat Post-Hezekiah Nimrud-Ashur-Kalhu horizon.)

5) The Nov 4, 696 BCE partial eclipse did not set until 7 min 51 sec past sunrise (i.e. above the flat Post-Hezekiah Nimrud-Ashur-Kalhu horizon.)

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II'

1 [....] ....

2 [Month II?,] (after) 5 months ...., between

3 [nor]th and east it began; two-thirds of the disk

4 [was covered?. The we]st? wind blew.

5 [At] 1,40°

6 [after sun]set.

7 [Month VI] was intercalary.

8 [....1]4? .... which was omitted.

9 [At ....] after sunrise.

(break)

1' [....] ....

2' all? was covered. In 6°?

3' middle of Aries .... The south wind

4' blew. At 20° after sunset.

5' (Year) 5, [month I], the 15th, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6' At [x]+10° after sunrise.

III'

1 Accession year of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn.

2 month II, (after) 5 months;

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 40° after sunrise.

5 Month VIII, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6 At 30° before sunset.

(break)

1' .... [....]

2' It set eclipsed. At 20°+[x]

3' before sunrise.

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....

5' began?. At 3°? [....]

6' after sunset.

IV'

1 (Year) 18 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn,

2 month II, (after) 5 months,

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 1,0° before sunset.

5 Month VIII, the 13th, .... [....]

6 and south [....]

7 .... [....]

8 .... [....]

1 (Year) 16 of Kandalānu,

2 month III, (after) 5 months, the 15th, 2 fin[gers?]

3 between north and east were covered.

4 It cleared in the north. The north wind b[lew?.]

5 20° onset, maximal phase, [and clearing ....]

6 behind α Scorpii [it was eclipsed.]

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TLT© considerations re the above lines:

Given that the regnal years of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn and Kandalānu have already been identified from other clay tablets, I may now try to identify the eclipses recorded in the above lines:

Re column II’: No year or king is identified, thus no clue is provided.

Re column III’: Perfect fit.

668/667 BCE:

III’

1 Accession year of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn:

Re these lines:

2 month II, (after) 5 months; [”(after) 5 months” = to be followed by another eclipse subsequent to another 5 New Moons after this one/TLT©]

3 (eclipse) which was omitted. [Being 40° below the horizon, this eclipse was obviously not visible from Babylon…/TLT©]

4 At 40° after sunrise.

Perfect fit to lines 2-4: At sunrise the Moon was 2° below the horizon. And when the Sun was 40° above the horizon, then the Moon was at 42° below the horizon while still only part into the penumbral shadow of the Earth. However, had this been a total lunar eclipse, then this point in time would have been the beginning of the eclipse! At 50° below the horizon, the Moon entered the umbral shadow, and at 62° it experienced maximum partial eclipse. The Moon was obviously not visible, and thus “omitted”.

Re these lines:

5 Month VIII, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6 At 30° before sunset. [”sunset” seems to be an error for ’sunrise’?/TLT©]

Perfect fit to lines 5 and 6: The eclipse had begun at the time when the Moon was 30° below the horizon. Thus, obviously “Omitted”.

Re Col III’ below the “break”: Perfect fit.

667/666 BCE:

(break)

1' .... [....]

2' It set eclipsed. At 20°+[x]

3' before sunrise.

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....

[Unless “4’ (Year) 2…” is in error, and unless the lines below the break apply to someone other than Šamaš-šumu-ukīn, the location of lines 1’-3’ indicate that this part of the record can only apply to Year 1 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn:]

Re these lines:

(break)

1' .... [....]

2' It set eclipsed. At 20°+[x]

3' before sunrise.

The record of the Apr 1, 667 BCE eclipse may be lost in the break between the fragments.

Perfect fit to lines 1’-3’: While totally eclipsed the Oct 15, 667 BCE set behind the Babylon horizon at the time of sunrise. The eclipse began while at 28° altitude:

666/665 BCE: Perfect fit.

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....:

Re these lines:

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....

5' began?. At 3°? [....]

6' after sunset.

Perfect fit to lines 4’-6’: Had this been a total eclipse, then the eclipse would have begun when the moon was at 3° altitude. Being only partial, the eclipse began while at 7°. It ended 3+ hours after sunset.

Re column IV’: Two perfect fits for Šamaš-šumu-ukīn’s 18^th year, May 13, and Nov 6, 650 BCE.

650/649 BCE: Perfect fit.

1 (Year) 18 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn

Re these lines:

IV'

1 (Year) 18 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn,

2 month II, (after) 5 months,

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 1,0° before sunset.

Perfect fit to lines 1-4: Had this May 13, 650 BCE eclipse been a total eclipse, it would have begun while at 37° below the horizon, and ended while at 1° below the horizon.

Re these lines:

5 Month VIII, the 13th, .... [....]

6 and south [....]

7 .... [....]

8 .... [....]

Perfect fit to line 5:

Re column V’ :

633/632 BCE: Perfect fit.

1 (Year) 16 of Kandalānu

Re these lines:

1 (Year) 16 of Kandalānu,

2 month III, (after) 5 months, the 15th, 2 fin[gers?]

3 between north and east were covered.

4 It cleared in the north. The north wind b[lew?.]

5 20° onset, maximal phase, [and clearing ....]

6 behind α Scorpii [it was eclipsed.]

Perfect fit for lines V’: 1-6: Beginning eclipse: As recorded on lines 5-6, this eclipse occurred while 21° behind α Scorpii.

As described in lines 3-4, the eclipse covered the north (upper) portion of the Moon, beginning on the north east (left upper) edge of the Moon, then moving towards the north west (upper right) edge.

May 24 = month 3, day 15  Mar 11 = Abib 1 New Moon observation.

Penumbral eclipses are invisible… Not recorded on this clay tablet…

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Rev.

1' [....] which was omitted.

2' [At] 12°? before sunset.

3' [.... the 1]4th, moonrise to sunset: 1°;

4' [....] ....

5' [....] ....

6' [....] after sunset.

7' [....] .... it was eclipsed.

8' [....] .... 10?

9' [....] clouds?

10' [....] not seen

11' [....] seen

12' [.... be]fore sunrise.

13' [....] ....

II'

1' [....] omitted [....]

2' Month XII₂, the 14th,

3' it began on the south side.

4' one-fourth of the disk was covered.

5' It cleared to the west. 27°

6' onset, maximal phase. and clearing.

7' The "garment of the sky" was there. the south wind blew.

8' At 48° after sunset.

9' (Year) 8, month VI. the 14th, 1 ½

10' fingers? ....

11' At 1,20° before sunrise.

12' Month XII, the 14th, (eclipse) which was omitted.

13' At ⅓ bēru before sunset.

Lines 9’-10’: Bad fit for Nebuchadnezzar! Acceptable for Ashurbanipal in wrong year and if “sunset” means ‘sunrise’??

If total: +39° - +8° at sunrise/moonset; real +37° - +12° before sunrise. +20° when rear edge leaving midpoint of eclipse.

If total: -9° - -38° after sunrise: thus “omitted”. Beginning 40 min (1/3 beru) after sunrise (Not sunset!)

35°-4° above horizon before sunrise, while eclipsed in 663 BCE

+3° - -35° at sunrise if total eclipse; -4° - -29° for real. The +3° could correspond to “1 ½ fingers”, but nothing in month XII.

If total eclipse: -42° - +1° before sunset, and nothing in month XII

Acceptable fit, but record not at the beginning: Beginning eclipse: At 37°-12° altitude 3:58 – 1:01 hrs before sunrise.

Acceptable fit, but record not at the beginning: Beginning eclipse: At 35°-9° altitude 4:12 – 0:18 hrs before sunrise.

Acceptable(??) fit (wrong year, and not the beginning of the eclipse): Beginning eclipse: At 36° -17° altitude 4:02 – 1:33 hrs before sunrise.

Bad fit!: Beginning of eclipse 4 hrs 52 min before sunset, at -59° altitude (below horizon)

Lines 12’-13’: Bad fit for Nebuchadnezzar! Bad fit for Ashurbanipal!

Questionable fit if error on the clay tablet record: Beginning of eclipse: 0:45 – 4:14 hrs (= 1/3 - 2 beru) past sunrise, while at 9-38 deg below the horizon. Certainly “omitted” But eclipse reference fits ‘after sunrise’, not “before sunset”!

Bad fit: Beginning of eclipse: 6:53 – 9:00 hrs (= 3+ - 4 ½ beru) past sunset, while at 78-59 deg below the horizon. Certainly visible, not “omitted”!

Beginning of eclipse: 70 min (= <2/3 beru) past sunrise, while at 14 deg below the horizon.

Bad fit! Nebuchadnezzar’s 8th year of reign, “Month XII, the 14^th…”. 3 hrs 40 min (= 1 5/6 beru) past sunrise, 6 hrs 45 min (= 3 1/3 beru) before sunset:

14' (Year) 9, month VI, the 13th,

15' [....] ....

III'

1' .... [....]

2' At 20° after sunrise.

3' (Year) 26, month I, the 12+[xth,]

4' it began on the east side; it set eclipsed.

5' 1 ⅔ cubits in front of β

6' Capricorni it was eclipsed. The north wind which was

7' set to the east side blew.

8' At 10°

9' before sunrise.

Bad fit for Ashurbanipal: At the time of this eclipse β Capricorni was far below the horizon, about 110 deg angular distance from the Moon.

[A slightly better fit would be the Apr 21, 648 BCE eclipse, when the lunar eclipse was 65 deg ahead of β Capricorni on its way towards the western horizon.]

Bad fit for Nebuchadnezzar: At the time of this eclipse β Capricorni was far below the horizon, about 133 deg angular distance from the Moon.

10' Month VII, the 13th. (eclipse) which was omitted.

11' At 12°? after sunrise.

12' Month XII₂, the 15th. when it began on the south side.

13' in 15° all was covered. 21°

14' maximal phase. When it began to clear from the east.

15' it cleared in 19° of night to the west.

16' 55°' onset, maximal phase. and clearing.

17' 14 fingers in front of α Librae

18' it was edipsed. (In) its eclipse. the w[est? wind]

19' which was slanted to tle south [blew.]

20' At 37° [after sunset.]

21' (Year) 2[7, ....]

IV'

1' [....] .... [....]

2' (Year) 45, month I, the 10+[xth, ....]

3' to sunrise .... [....]

4' from .... [....]

5' .... [....]

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Re Column IV’, line 2’: I find no Assyrian or Babylonian king between 908 BCE and 560 BCE other than Nebuchadnezzar’s 45^th year in 560 BCE.

Re the eclipse described in Column III’, lines 4’-6’ and lines 10’-20’: I find no lunar eclipses within anything close to 1 2/3 cubits from β Capricorni, nor any total eclipses anywhere close to 14 fingers in front of α Librae, while searching NASA’s lunar eclipse Canon from 750 BCE – 560 BCE.

From other sources it is clear that Šamaš-šuma-ukin reigned no more than 21 years and that his 16^th year is confirmed by two lunar eclipses in 653 BCE. Accordingly, I have no clue as to when or what the above columns III’ and IV’ represent. Under Observations below, I see no correlations between Šamaš-šuma-ukin and any modern calendar date or between any observed eclipse. Accordingly, I find no reason for attaching any firm date to Šamaš-šuma-ukin based upon these clay tablets alone.

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[3, p. 8]

Observations

Obv. Col III
II/Acc. Shamash-shum-ukin

1 Accession year of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn.

2 month II, (after) 5 months;

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 40° after sunrise.

Obv. Col III
VIII/Acc. Shamash-shum-ukin

5 Month VIII, (eclipse) which was omitted.

6 At 30° before sunset.

Obv. Col III
14/I/2 Shamash-shum-ukin

4' (Year) 2, month I, the 14th, ....

5' began?. At 3°? [....]

6' after sunset.

Obv. Col IV
II/18 Shamash-shum-ukin

1 (Year) 18 of Šamaš-šumu-ukīn,

2 month II, (after) 5 months,

3 (eclipse) which was omitted.

4 At 1,0° before sunset.

Obv. Col IV
13/VIII/18 Shamash-shum-ukin

5 Month VIII, the 13th, .... [....]

6 and south [....]

7 .... [....]

8 .... [....]

Obv. Col V
15/III/16 Kandalanu

1 (Year) 16 of Kandalānu,

2 month III, (after) 5 months, the 15th, 2 fin[gers?]

3 between north and east were covered.

4 It cleared in the north. The north wind b[lew?.]

5 20° onset, maximal phase, [and clearing ....]

6 behind α Scorpii [it was eclipsed.]

Chronology

According to H Hunger [3, p. 391] this tablet is part of a series that are:

arranged in columns such that each entry in a column is separated from the entry in the preceding column by one Saros of 18 years

We can therefore deduce the length of Shamash-shum-ukin’s reign as 20 years long (based on Col IV’. 1 and Col V’. 1).

Calendar Date	Event	Matched UT	Comment
1/I/Acc. Shamashshumukin	Calendar: First day of year	-667 March 19	Equinox on March 28
1/II/Acc. Shamashshumukin	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-667 April 17	Earliest visibility April 17
?/II/Acc. Shamashshumukin	Predicted Eclipse, 40° after sunrise	-667 May 02	Partial, 58.4° after sunrise
1/VIII/Acc. Shamashshumukin	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-667 Oct 13	Earliest visibility Oct 13
?/VIII/Acc. Shamashshumukin	Predicted Eclipse, 30° before sunset	-667 Oct 25	Partial, 42.0° before sunset

1/I/2 Shamashshumukin	Calendar: First day of year	-665 March 28	Equinox on March 28
1/I/2 Shamashshumukin	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-665 March 28	Earliest visibility March 28
14/I/2 Shamashshumukin	Lunar Eclipse, ? after sunset	-665 April 10	Partial, 8.5° after sunset

1/I/18 Shamashshumukin	Calendar: First day of year	-649 March 30	Equinox on March 28
1/II/18 Shamashshumukin	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-649 March 28	Earliest visibility March 28
?/II/18 Shamashshumukin	Predicted Eclipse, 60° before sunset	-649 May 13	Partial, 31.6° before sunset
1/VIII/18 Shamashshumukin	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-649 Oct 24	Earliest visibility Oct 24
13/VIII/18 Shamashshumukin	Lunar Eclipse	-649 Nov 06	Partial

1/I/16 Kandalanu	Calendar: First day of year	-631 March 11	Equinox on March 27
1/III/16 Kandalanu	Calendar: Lunar Visibility	-631 May 09	Earliest visibility May 09
15/III/16 Kandalanu	Partial Eclipse, behind α Scorpii, 20° duration	-631 May 24	Partial, 21.7° behind α Scorpii, 19.4° duration

My results match those of H Hunger [3, p. 395], except for the eclipse in Oct -667 which Hunger has as the 23rd, I believe this is likely to be a typographical error since the only lunar eclipse in October was definitely on the 25th (see NASA’s eclipse catalog).

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