The Sexagesimal Reduction Model: Synthesizing the Sumerian King List, Genesis Genealogies, and the Anthropological Record

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Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
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2026-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.17613/jsqwg-r9h23
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Ancient Near East History
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The Sexagesimal Reduction Model: Synthesizing the Sumerian King List, Genesis Genealogies, and the Anthropological Record

R.L. Wesley
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
Ancient Near East History
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The Sexagesimal Reduction Model: Synthesizing the Sumerian King List, Genesis Genealogies, and the Anthropological Record

R.L. Wesley
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Abstract

THROUGH APPLICATION OF THE AOR FORENSIC METHODOLOGY, THIS PAPER PROPOSES A UNIFIED CHRONOLOGICAL MODEL THAT RESOLVES THE APPARENT DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE MESOPOTAMIAN PRE-FLOOD TEXTS (SUMERIAN KING LIST/ATRAHASIS EPIC), THE BIBLICAL GENEALOGIES (GENESIS 1-6), AND THE MODERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORD. BY APPLYING A BASE-60 (SEXAGESIMAL) REDUCTION TO THE REIGNS OF THE SUMERIAN KING LIST [1], THE TWO ANCIENT TRADITIONS MATHEMATICALLY ALIGN. THIS MODEL POSITS THAT THE BIOLOGICAL "GENESIS 1" WORKFORCE (LULLÛ-AMĒLU) WAS ENGINEERED AROUND 6324 BCE IN RESPONSE TO AN AGRICULTURAL CRISIS, WHILE THE "GENESIS 2" ADAM (CORRELATING TO THE SUMERIAN SAGE ADAPA) WAS A HIGHLY ADVANCED CIVILIZING FIGURE INJECTED INTO THE ROYAL COURT OF KING DUMUZID EXACTLY 2,280 ADJUSTED YEARS LATER, IN 4004 BCE [2][3].

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