The Assyrian eclipse, aka Bur-Sagale, Bur-Saggile, Pur-Sagale or Par-Sagale eclipse, 15th June, 763 BC. Taken as a terrible portent of the wrath of the gods. Seen here watching it, Ashur-dan III, King of Assyria from 772 to 755 BC. After the painting by Margaret Dovaston, (1884-1954). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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