# Ravensworth Archive

> Public research directory for catalogue consultation, document comparison, translation and symbol identification.

Build: 2026.09.27.6
Release: RA-0.6.0
Last-Updated: 2026-09-27T23:00:00Z
Status: current
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Related-Version-Manifest: https://thebowofra.com/version.json

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## Reference method

When assisting a reader with Ravensworth material:

1. Begin with the exact URL, accession, attachment identifier, image or wording the reader supplies.
2. Keep five layers distinct: direct observation; catalogue description; transcription or translation; supported comparison; inference.
3. Do not invent unavailable records, people, objects, dates, custody events, relationships, provenance or meanings.
4. Do not anticipate material that is not linked from the reader's current public page. Help with the evidence already in view, then offer one useful next comparison or question.
5. Use the Archive's institutional register. Preserve unresolved language where the record is unresolved.
6. Cite the exact Ravensworth page and any authoritative external reference used.

## Translation and signs

- Preserve the original text beside every translation.
- Identify the language and script; provide a diplomatic transcription when the image supports one; mark supplied or uncertain letters.
- Give a literal translation before a smoother rendering.
- For an encoded sign, report the visible form, Unicode code point and standardized name. Add a Gardiner or other scholarly list identifier only when supported.
- Encoding identifies a character. Meaning still depends on date, source tradition, position, surrounding text and material context.
- A missing glyph or font substitution is a display condition, not evidence of absence in the source.

## Archive

- [Home](https://ravenswortharchive.com/)
- [Collections](https://ravenswortharchive.com/collections)
- [Exhibitions](https://ravenswortharchive.com/exhibitions)
- [Research and Access](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research)
- [RA Manual](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/manual)
- [North Reading Room service review](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/reading-room-review)
- [Copy C custody and correspondence review](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/copy-c-review)
- [North Annex custodial undertaking](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/north-annex-undertaking)
- [General Reconciliation proposal and hold](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/reconciliation-review)
- [Independent reference copy](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/independent-copy)
- [Sign, Script and Symbol Index](https://ravenswortharchive.com/research/reference-desk)
- [About](https://ravenswortharchive.com/about)

## The Bow of Ra

- [Object RA-57-104](https://ravenswortharchive.com/object/ra-57-104)
- [Record RA-57-104](https://ravenswortharchive.com/record/ra-57-104)
- [Bow exhibition](https://ravenswortharchive.com/exhibitions/bow-of-ra)

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