Berossus's fragment F1 states that the form of Oannes had been preserved in sculpture to the writer's day. True if the fragment's text says so.

Berossus F1: Oannes's form 'has been preserved in sculpture to this day'

what the source states

F1 adds of Oannes that "Its form has been preserved in sculpture to this day".

what we infer

Berossus (or his excerptor) says the figure had a sculptural type in his time; which type is not stated in the text. The correspondence with the fish-cloaked apkallu is an inference from the description, not a statement of the fragment.

limitations

• Whether the sentence is Berossus's or an excerptor's gloss is not settled by the translation.
• Second reader (claude-sonnet-5, 2026-09-19, run 2026-09-19-verify-deep-memory-122700, verify-v6) found the passage bears in different directions on the claims the record named; this record carries "supports" toward DEEP-C082, the rest went to a record of its own at intake: The quote does support C082 exactly as stated. But it says nothing about Oannes corresponding to the fish-cloaked apkallu sage type, an identification not made in this passage; it merely notes a sculptural preservation claim, so it bears only as background context on C053, not as support.