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FACTUAL REGISTER · 29 OCTOBER 2026

Older documents: translations, contents and unfinished work

Ten records spanning Sumerian literature, Babylonian wisdom, sky records and Jewish texts, with manuscript evidence recorded separately.

What this register establishes

All ten records have a located English translation or published edition route. No record here has been verified as a wholly untranslated work. That does not establish that every surviving fragment has been translated. This register includes MUL.APIN and Genesis, which already appear in the separate Great Flood inventory: the two lists must not be added together as a count of unique works. The Astronomical Diaries are a corpus, not one manuscript.

What needs work first ↗Manuscript facts and missing evidence ↗Earlier 22-label source register ↗Download every field as CSV ↗Download the structured evidence ↗

Sumerian foundations

English translation available

Enki and Ninmah ↗

P1 · finish reading

Selected opening, creation and allocation passages read.

English translation available

Lament for Ur ↗

P1 · finish reading

Selected lament, appeal and return passages read.

Babylonian wisdom

Published translations identified

Dialogue of Pessimism ↗

P1 · obtain readable edition

Scholarly introduction reviewed; full translated dialogue not read here.

Ancient sky records

Published English corpus editions identified

Babylonian Astronomical Diaries ↗

P1 · verify one diary

Project descriptions and British Museum exhibition text reviewed; no complete diary transcribed or translated here.

English translation published; full edition not obtained

MUL.APIN · astronomical compendium ↗

P1 · access request pending

Publication description reviewed. No line-by-line reading of the full edition completed.

Jewish textual foundations

Manuscript history is the fifth layer

Every record separates the text being discussed from the manuscripts that preserve it. The evidence guide explains dates, museum numbers, reconstructed readings and the difference between a missing line and an untranslated line. Exact manuscript counts and translation percentages remain unknown unless a bounded witness catalogue has been checked.

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Read Revelation with a clear reference

All 22 chapter companions, a symbol index, scriptural comparisons and teaching resources. Every source and interpretation has its place.

Read Revelation with a clear reference ↗