[5] However, the book 2 Maccabees exclusively uses the Macedonian version of the calendar, likely because it was written in either Cyprus or Egypt.
[6] Elias Bickerman gives this example: The Seleucid era was used as late as the sixth century CE, for instance in the Zabad inscription in Syria, dated the 24th of Gorpiaios, 823 (24 September, 512 AD),[11] and in the writings of John of Ephesus.
[3] It has been found on Central Asian tombstones of Christians belonging to the Church of the East well into the 14th century AD.
[13] The Seleucid era counting, or "era of contracts" (minyan shəṭarot), was used by Yemenite Jews in their legal deeds and contracts until modern times,[14] a practice derived from an ancient Jewish teaching in the Talmud, requiring all Diaspora Jews to uphold its practice.
[15] For this reason, the Seleucid era counting is mentioned in the Book of Maccabees (I Macc.