Event
Death of Hammurabi
CFAH-15 (OSF preprint) AP-93: death of Hammurabi, 989 BC.
Sort year989 BC
Tier 1 · CFAH anchor point
Tier 1: CFAH anchor point: 989 BC (AP-93, OSF preprint CFAH-15)
Description
CFAH-15 (OSF preprint) AP-93: death of Hammurabi, 989 BC.
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH anchor point | 989 BC Precision: year |
989 BC | Griffith & White, "CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon," OSF preprint v1.4 (2026), doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/VYNJU, file "CFAH-15 Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon_v1.4.pdf", p. 28 (opens in a new tab) CFAH-15 p. 28: "Therefore, we have a triangulation for the Death of Hammurabi in 989 BC, new Anchor Point #93." OSF preprint, not peer-reviewed in ARJ; see docs/OPEN-QUESTIONS-FOR-KEVIN.md on whether preprint anchor points should set tier 1. Conventional (middle) chronology has Hammurabi die c. 1750 BC; CFAH is roughly 760 years later. Sets sort year |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Jones (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament, 2002) gives no date for this extra-biblical event. |
| Ussher | Not yet established | — | — No matching entry found in Ussher's Annals. |
Places
Related
CFAH charts
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CFAH-15 (OSF) · Fig. 3
First dynasty babylon (from the OSF file name; no caption has been checked).
OSF component vynju: CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon; file "figure_3_first_dynasty_babylon.png"
Records: Berossus Dynasty 1 (Chaldean) at Babel, Death of Hammurabi
OSF (served as a download, application/octet-stream; text card, no hotlinked thumbnail)
Free sources
- CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon (opens in a new tab) — p. 28 free-to-read
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.