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28. To be continued

A statistician who dealt with the Venus text at length laments that he never contended with a worse data set. Consequently he screened out 18 records and analyzed the remaining 31 observations. His statistical calculations point to 1702 BC as the most probable date for Ammizaduga Year 1.

Recently, a new chronology fashioned in academe surfaced in the popular press. It settles on 1550 BC for Ammizaduga Year 1. However, the date and the chronology are not without critics.