The Pennsylvania Sumerian
Dictionary states that "mash" is an Old Babylonian word for
"twin" as well as the directly related Akkadian word "mashu"
which means “twin.”
Imagine the “twin” Ararats being
there and then consider lava coming out of the parasitic cone in the
center, mimicking Shamash, the sun god.
This reference would make the
evidence for Mt. Ararat as the Ark’s landing site extremely ancient.