Discovery of the "Ark Tablet": Decoding the Story of the Flood
In 2009 British Museum curator Irving Finkel, an expert on cuneiform inscriptions on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, received for examination and translation what came to be known as the "Ark Tablet" from its owner Douglas Simmonds. The tablet dates from 1900-1700 BCE. This is the only cuneiform tablet with precise instructions as to how to build the Ark described in the early accounts of the flood, best known through later accounts in literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Ark Tablet provided instructions for building the Ark in the form of a very large round boat called a coracle. A coracle is a rounded, lightweight boat https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4060
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ACFebruary 11, 2026
Discovery of the "Ark Tablet": Decoding the Story of the Flood In 2009 British Museum curator Irving Finkel, an expert on cuneiform inscriptions on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, received for examination and translation what came to be known as the "Ark Tablet" from its owner Douglas Simmonds. The tablet dates from 1900-1700 BCE. This is the only cuneiform tablet with precise instructions as to how to build the Ark described in the early accounts of the flood, best known through later accounts in literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Ark Tablet provided instructions for building the Ark in the form of a very large round boat called a coracle. A coracle is a rounded, lightweight boat https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4060
DarrelJanuary 29, 2018
They have found the Ark and know of it's size.
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