10. The date

Dating the eclipse involved figuring out a rough date for Bur-Saggile around 760 BC, and then bringing astronomy to bear. According to conventional calculations, only two major eclipses were seen in Assyria between 777 and 745 BC. They are dated Feb 10, 765 and Jun 15, 763 BC. The eclipse report places the eclipse in the month of siwan, which corresponds to May/June and rules out the eclipse of Feb 10. Hence Bur-Saggile served as eponym in 763 BC. By this reckoning, the Eponym List spans the years 910-649 BC.