# Inspector task sheet

Beneath Saint Peter’s: archaeology and an apostolic attribution

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Beneath Saint Peter’s: archaeology and an apostolic attribution, 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

Retrieve excavation plans, publication editions and the graffiti study. Separate primary stratigraphic observations, proposed readings and later relic transfers. Build a custody chronology for each group of remains. Record uncertainty without treating faith statements as laboratory results or assuming an absence of evidence disproves devotion.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare the excavation context and epigraphy with the published identification criteria. Assess structural association, biological evidence and chain of custody separately. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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