Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact 680903 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Africa Egypt Dynasties New Kingdom 18th Dynasty Amenhotep 4 Akhenaten Ugarit Eclipse Ugarit Eclipse at sundown May 9, 1012 BCE Taking place in year 12 of the reign of Akhenaten, just months after the death of Amenhotep 3. This celestial event is mentioned in one of the Amarna tablets that renders the message sent from Abimilku, ruler of Tyre, to Akhenaten about the burning down of the palace at Ugarit in the reign of Nikmaddu 2, ruler of Ugarit Transliteration of the Ugarit Eclipse Tablet EA 151 Obverse: btt ym hdt hyr rbt sps tgr-h rsp Reverse: kbdm thkrn skn btt was put to shame ym hdt (the) day (of the) new moon (of) hyr (the month of) Hiyyaru rbt(a) sps (at the) going down (of the) sun (goddess) tgr-h rsp her gatekeeper (being) Rashap kbdm two livers thkrn(b) they shall be examined skn(c) danger (a) past tense, feminine form of the verb rb to enter (b) future tense, 3rd person masculine plural ofthe verb bkr to enquire (c) also with the meaning superintendent/prefect see also Ugarit write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed Sep 20, 2007 SWJ 2026, no rights reserved