Assyrian chronology is anchored to the solar eclipse mentioned in the eponym of Bar-Sagale, determined by archaoastronomy to be June 15/16, 763 BC.<ref>The eponyms of the Assyrian empire 910-612 BC. by A. R. Millard, Robert M. Whiting. State Archives of Assyria, Vol. 2. Helsinki: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1994.</ref> | Assyrian chronology is anchored to the solar eclipse mentioned in the eponym of Bar-Sagale, determined by archaoastronomy to be June 15/16, 763 BC.<ref>The eponyms of the Assyrian empire 910-612 BC. by A. R. Millard, Robert M. Whiting. State Archives of Assyria, Vol. 2. Helsinki: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1994.</ref> |