# The Netz and Wilson transcription is reliable apart from minor points of notation.

> Most likely: The Netz and Wilson transcription is reliable apart from minor points of notation.

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# The Netz and Wilson transcription is reliable apart from minor points of notation.

The Netz and Wilson transcription is reliable apart from minor points of notation.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- An independent re-reading of the released images agrees with the transcription on all but a few words.

## What would rule it out

- An independent re-reading finds substantive disagreements in the mathematical text.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The editors replied to the review in the same journal.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N79E7T0V/the-editors-replied-to-the-review-in-the-same-journal)

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## The questions it answers

[Is the 2011 transcription of the Archimedes text reliable?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/questions/QST0CT7N4BP1E80/is-the-2011-transcription-of-the-archimedes-text-reliable)

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Most likelyThe Netz and Wilson transcription is reliable apart from minor points of notation

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