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The Venus Tablet and Refraction

2003/11/08 by V. G. Gurzadyan · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.hist-ph

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published as Akkadica, v.124 (2003), pp.13-17

arxiv created 2003/11/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

It is shown that the refraction near the horizon is introducing an additional bias into the Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa, which is able to influence the interpretation of the data. We then discuss the attempts to link certain solar eclipses to the birth of Shamshi-Adad and conclude that a record of a single solar eclipse without description of details and/or unambiguous historical links, can hardly act as a reliable anchor.

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