# The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it…

> Most likely: The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it can be used as the standard text.

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# The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it…

The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it can be used as the standard text.

**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

- Re-reading the images confirms the reviewer's corrections (for example the abbreviation in Spiral Lines proposition 24).

## What would rule it out

- Re-reading the images supports the edition on the disputed points.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The reviewer identifies specific misreadings of abbreviations and a misleading treatment of the diagram for…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N7S20W6H/the-reviewer-identifies-specific-misreadings-of)

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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)

Part of [Did the imaging programme recover the erased Archimedes text wherever the parchment survives?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/questions/QST0CT7N43W11MX/did-the-imaging-programme-recover-the-erased-archimedes-text)

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

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it… [Answer ANS0CT7N7H85H4T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT7N7H85H4T
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