Talk:Canon of Kings
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[edit] Relationship to Common Era
The canon itself may be accurate, but what is the basis of mapping it to the Common Era? The canon ends in 160, Ptolemy died in 168. Anno Domini dating was first used in 525. There is a gap of almost 4 centuries. How do we know we have counted these years correctly? -- Petri Krohn 07:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Accuracy
If the Canon of Kings is so accurate then what about the disagreement between this and Assyrian chronology? The Babylonian Chronicle states that Nineveh fell in Nabopolassar's (612BCE according to Ptolemy) but historians also say the ninth year of Assyrian king Assur-dan III is 763BC and if we count forward from that year using eponym and king lists etc we can get as far as 668BCE (start of Ashurbanipal's reign) but things get confusing after that. Encyclopædia Britannica (1959 edition, Vol. 2, page 569) gives Ashurbanipal's reign as 668-625 B.C.E. Then, on page 851 of the same volume, the reign is given as 669-630 B.C.E. In volume 5 of the same edition, page 655, it lists this same reign as "668-638(?)." 1965 edition says "669-630 or 626." (Vol. 2, page 573) A History of Israel, John Bright, 1964 says 633. Ancient Iraq, Georges Roux, 1964 says 631. 1962 Interpreter's Dictionary: 629. Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, D. D. Luckenbill, 1926: 626. And of course there are different dates for Ashurbanipal's likely successor Ashur-etillu-ilani and Sin-shar-ishkun (apparently the king at the time of Nineveh's fall) - dated tablets have been found only up to his seventh year, but to fit Ptolemy we have to extend his reign longer than that. 81.101.135.195 (talk) 09:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
What's this about it being verified against independent sources? I thought it was the only surviving information about Babylonian records that we have, so how can it possibly be confirmed? 81.101.135.195 (talk) 08:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
