This double eclipse occurred in the 23rd year of King Shulgi of Ur. The solar eclipse was first and two weeks after that there was a lunar eclipse.
The time difference between this twin eclipse and the Old Assyrian solar eclipse should be about 214-244 years. Is there a good quality double eclipse from the 23rd year of Shulgi's reign in this time frame? Here it should be taken into account that this double eclipse should coincide with the Old Assyrian period.
Note that in October 1997 BCE. a low quality double eclipse occurred. No other double eclipses are found. This fits the short chronology. However, we run into a very big problem: The solar eclipse of Old Assyria is not found in the short chronology.
In a ultra low chronology, there is a double eclipse that occurred in October 1979 BCE. Here comes the same problem that came up earlier in the short article 'Bronze Age solar eclipse in Assyria'. This double eclipse of 1979 BCE. appeared to be of very good quality, if we assume that sometime after that there has been a change of a little more than 9 hours in the position of the Earth.
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