The Geometric Impossibility of Finkel’s “Round Ark”: A Mathematical and Textual Reevaluation of “Simmonds Ark Tablet” Versus the Rectilinear Noah’s Ark

Finkel’s “Round Ark” hypothesis is, quite literally, an attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole, uprooting the Ark from its rightful place at the base of later Mesopotamian flood traditions.