Region
Iranian and Persianate worlds
A V1 scaffold page for gathering published findings, draft work, L1 leads, and L0 rough sources for this print-dominance region.
Published Findings
Published articles are the only items here that have passed the L5 publication boundary.
Lost preceding section of the Qalaichi-Bukan stele
A missing Old Aramaic inscription section inferred from the surviving final curse fragment.
The Sasanian Book-of-Kings layer behind Khwaday-Namag
A Codex-origin draft about a lost historical transmission matrix, not a simply recoverable book.
L2 Candidates
Artaxerxes correspondence dossier behind Ezra 4
A Persian-period accusation and reply dossier reported in Ezra 4.
Purim letters and decree source surface behind Esther 9
A reported epistolary and book-record source surface behind the Purim institution in Esther 9.
Ahasuerus Persian court chronicle source layer behind Esther
A Persian court chronicle or royal record source surface invoked inside Esther.
Lost opening section of the Qalaichi-Bukan stele
Source-backed inferon for the lost opening or main section implied by the surviving final curse section of the Qalaichi-Bukan Old Aramaic stele.
Independent Aramaic Persian-court tale behind 4Q550
An Aramaic court-tale or exegetical legend inferred behind the 4Q550 Jews at the Persian Court fragments.
Arabic intermediary layer for Sasanian royal-history material
A possible Arabic translation or compilation layer mediating Sasanian royal-history material into early Islamic universal histories and later Persian epic memory.
L1 Leads
Wikisource KJV control: Esther 9
Primary text control for the Purim letters and book-record notice.
Wikisource KJV control: Esther
Primary text control for Esther's royal chronicle/book-of-records notices.
IAA, 4Q Jews at the Persian Court
IAA page identifying 4Q550 as Jews at the Persian Court.
Gad Barnea, Imitatio Dei, Imitatio Darii
Open-access article connecting 4Q550 with an Achaemenid court-tale and Darius-kerygma reception.
Qumran-Digital transcription, 4Q550a
Versioned transcription surface for 4Q550a.
Noetic sibling lead: Arabic intermediary layer for Sasanian royal-history material
Codex/manual sibling lead: inspect al-Tabari, Arabic/Persian chronicle source criticism, and Khwaday-Namag scholarship for a bounded Arabic intermediary layer.
Khwaday-Namag
Rank #16 Wikipedia seam prospect. Matched signals: lost, reconstructed. Page context: Khwadāy-Nāmag (Iranian Persian: خداینامه Khodây-Nâmeh/Xodây-Nâmeh; lit. 'Book of Lords/Kings…
L0 Rough Sources
Rough source-shaped rows from the saved public export.