# Inspector task sheet

Lalibela: the dream behind a New Jerusalem

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Lalibela: the dream behind a New Jerusalem, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Trace the dream motif through dated manuscripts and attributed oral accounts. Compare those texts with architectural phases and carved features. Preserve devotional interpretation while distinguishing it from independently dated building evidence.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare the earliest dated versions and their audiences. Compare architectural sequencing with independently dated texts. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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