The Solar Omen of Muršili II
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| ID | 4978744 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Peter J Huber (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2001 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 640 |
| Data de publicação | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Editora | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606505 |
| OpenAlex | W2885332201 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 1 |
| Referências citadas | 2 |
The fragmentary text KUB 14.4, a prayer of the Hittite king Mursili II, is reexamined with regard to chronological implications. The king recounts various misdeeds of the old queen, his stepmother. In particular, he tells how she tried to leverage a solar omen into an attempt to demote him. From the reconstructed sequence of events and actions of the queen and the king, I argue that this omen-presumably a noticeable, but not necessarily a total, solar eclipse-likely occurred shortly before, or in the early phase of, Mursili's campaign to Azzi in his tenth year. The most convincing candidates for such an eclipse are those of -1339 January 8 (probably total) or -1334 March 13 (possibly annular), while that of -1311 June 24 (possibly total) would seem to fall too late in the year
Astronomy · Omen · Physics · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
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