What the records say
- When
- Jun 1312 BCE
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.50° N, 17.00° E
- Description
- 24 (or April 13 1308 BC) – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Mursili's eclipse.
Mursili's eclipse
Solar eclipse recorded in antiquity
The possible solar eclipse mentioned in a text dating to the reign of Muršili II could be of great importance for the absolute chronology of the Hittite Empire within the chronology of the ancient Near East. The text records said that in the tenth year of Mursili's reign, "the Sun gave a sign", just as the king was about to launch a campaign against the Kingdom of Hayasa-Azzi in north-eastern Anatolia.
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