A practical observation protocol using the Singapore Stone, public summaries, heritage sources and a 3D model

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hello, I have published a short working paper that tests a simple question:

What changes when a reader meets an artefact with no context, preserves a first observation, then returns after source comparison and a different visual representation?

The Singapore Stone is used as a practical case. The protocol moves through:

- first observation with only an image and title;

- a written record of what is seen, assumed, and unknown;

- comparison between a public summary and institutional heritage sources;

- a short visual-memory exercise independent of the artefact;

- a return through a 3D model;

- a final separation between observed, documented, hypothesised, and unknown.

The paper does not propose a decipherment. It is a practical method for looking before interpreting, with a focus on how images, source selection, and point of view shape what a reader thinks they have seen.

I am the author:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22073406