Roman senate brass epistle behind 1 Maccabees 8
A reported Roman senate epistle copied on brass tablets and sent to Jerusalem in 1 Maccabees 8.
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A diplomatic brass-tablet source notice in 1 Maccabees 8.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable inscription; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving tablet.
Epistemic status
Draft article. 1 Maccabees reports the brass epistle, but the object itself is not extant here.
Summary
1 Maccabees 8:22 describes a copy of a Roman senate epistle written in brass tablets and sent to Jerusalem. Inferpedia treats this as a diplomatic source surface.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is the brass-tablet copy of the Roman senate epistle reported by 1 Maccabees.
What is attested
The verse names a copied epistle, brass-tablet medium, and Jerusalem destination.
Why infer this entity
Document type, medium, sender, and destination make the trace stronger than a generic letter notice.
Evidence ledger
- E1, 1 Maccabees 8:22: primary trace for the copied epistle.
- E2, 1 Maccabees 8:22: primary trace for brass-tablet medium.
- E3, 1 Maccabees 8:22: primary trace for Jerusalem destination.
Counterarguments
The notice may reflect literary diplomatic formula rather than a recoverable tablet copy.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 62. Existence warrant: 82. Specificity: 76. Reconstruction dependence: 74. Counterevidence: 18.
What would change the score
Specialist work on 1 Maccabees diplomacy, Roman treaty formulae, or external evidence for the epistle would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a Second Temple documentary epistle/tablet source trace.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), 1 Maccabees 8 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 1 Maccabees 8:22
Quote: "copy of the epistle"
Paraphrase: The text identifies a copied epistle.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: 1macc-roman-senate-brass-epistle
Bible (King James), 1 Maccabees 8 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 1 Maccabees 8:22
Quote: "tables of brass"
Paraphrase: The epistle copy is said to be written in brass tablets.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 90
Cluster: 1macc-roman-senate-brass-epistle
Bible (King James), 1 Maccabees 8 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 1 Maccabees 8:22
Quote: "sent to Jerusalem"
Paraphrase: The reported tablet copy is sent to Jerusalem.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: 1macc-roman-senate-brass-epistle
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:337
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 337 (source_dependence) as support for Roman senate brass epistle behind 1 Maccabees 8. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1554.
Reliability: 82 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:bf7ea9bc58e891eed914cbc28a670fc1
Arguments
Existing inferon 337 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Roman senate brass epistle behind 1 Maccabees 8; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
A Roman senate brass epistle behind 1 Maccabees 8 is warranted as a source-backed draft entity.
Specific document, medium, and destination support a strong draft; survival remains unproven.