Tatnai letter to Darius behind Ezra 5
A copied provincial-governor letter to Darius reported in Ezra 5.
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A copied provincial-governor letter source surface in Ezra 5.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable letter; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving archive copy.
Epistemic status
Draft article. Ezra 5 gives direct copied-letter language, but the underlying letter surface is not independently extant here.
Summary
Ezra 5 introduces the copy of a letter sent by Tatnai, Shethar-boznai, and companions to Darius. Inferpedia treats this as a Persian provincial correspondence source surface.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is the copied Tatnai-to-Darius letter surface behind Ezra 5.
What is attested
The passage names the copied letter, sender group, recipient, and written-content formula.
Why infer this entity
The text supplies a concrete administrative document frame rather than a generic report.
Evidence ledger
- E1, Ezra 5:6: primary trace for the copied letter.
- E2, Ezra 5:6: primary trace for Darius as recipient.
- E3, Ezra 5:7: primary trace for written content.
Counterarguments
The letter may be a literary documentary frame rather than a direct archival copy.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 64. Existence warrant: 83. Specificity: 78. Reconstruction dependence: 74. Counterevidence: 18.
What would change the score
Persian administrative parallels, source criticism of Ezra 5, or external evidence for the correspondence would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a directly introduced copy-letter source surface.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), Ezra 5 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Ezra 5:6
Quote: "copy of the letter that Tatnai"
Paraphrase: The passage introduces a copy of Tatnai's letter.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 90
Cluster: ezra5-tatnai-letter
Bible (King James), Ezra 5 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Ezra 5:6
Quote: "sent unto Darius the king"
Paraphrase: The recipient of the copied letter is Darius.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 86
Cluster: ezra5-tatnai-letter
Bible (King James), Ezra 5 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: Ezra 5:7
Quote: "wherein was written thus"
Paraphrase: The text frames the following report as written letter content.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 84
Cluster: ezra5-tatnai-letter
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:340
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 340 (source_dependence) as support for Tatnai letter to Darius behind Ezra 5. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1557.
Reliability: 83 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:9706608d35f428e1e8e3d15dbb635f67
Arguments
Existing inferon 340 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Tatnai letter to Darius behind Ezra 5; 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 Tatnai letter to Darius behind Ezra 5 is warranted as a source-backed draft entity.
Named sender, recipient, and copy formula support a strong draft, with exact archival status unresolved.