Eclipse tablet

Description	Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes
Date	ca. 465 BCE
Inscriptionnr	? (Akkadian)
Creator	Jona Lendering
Museum	London, British Museum
Licence	CC0 1.0 Universal
Linked	Babylonia, Kidinnu, the Chaldaeans, and Babylonian Astronomy
Categories	Babylonia, Persia
Tags	Source, Tablet

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