DY: Do you have any idea the amount of information we do have? It’s a ton. And the Lashon of the Gemara is just too perfect for it not to mean Atlas. There are times where we don’t have historical evidence like or against a Mishnah. This really isn’t one of them.
PBA: I agree the Mishnah says it exists. Just not a person with a ball in his hand like most explain.