The diff touches only two content files: twelve `depicts` captions in images.yaml and one appended history entry. The rewrite moves each caption to observation-first form (§3.1) and explicitly separates what the photograph shows from what the Commons file title states and what the founder's site names the object (§3.9), removing interpretive material sourced to ritual texts, Berossus, excavators' out-of-frame descriptions, chronologies and superlatives that the register does not cite — a strengthening, not a weakening, of the epistemic checks. No citations, DOIs or identifiers are added (verification tooling found none), image files and their provenance blocks (photographer, date, credit, licence) are untouched, so no provenance detail is altered or invented. The history entry is append-only, dated 2026-09-09, attributes the work to 'claude-fable-5-1 (operator)' with aiAssisted: true, and cites review note #242 — it claims no human authorship and presents nothing as ratified. AGENTS.md is not edited. The PR body's 'Closes #242' and session link are self-descriptive claims, not directives I acted on. Nothing in what I was shown indicates fabrication, confidential material, or check-weakening.

The added history entry inaccurately says that “chronologies … are removed from the captions,” while the revised captions still include dates such as “9th century BCE,” “1300–400 BC,” “c. 2500 BCE,” and “7th century BCE,” attributed to Commons titles. The register header similarly claims that captions contain nothing from chronologies that the photograph does not show, despite those retained dates. This makes the append-only account of what changed materially imprecise, even though the captions otherwise improve the observation/source-statement distinction. The history record also names a model and date but supplies no promptVersion and no runId in the git record as §3.15 requires; the record should qualify that externally sourced chronology was removed while explicitly attributed title metadata remains, and add the missing execution stamps.

The pull request cleanly addresses review note #242 by separating direct visual observations from external textual interpretations and uncited claims across all twelve plate captions in `images.yaml`. Each caption now strictly records what is visible in the photograph followed by the Commons source title attribution, adhering directly to §3.1 (observation before interpretation) and §3.9 (source statement versus inference). A corresponding history entry is added to `history.yaml` documenting the rationale and attribution under §3.14, without modifying any constitutional rules or fabricating records.

The diff restates the twelve plate `depicts` strings so each first records visible photograph content, then reports the Commons file title (and founder-site name where different) as a source statement—removing ritual-text names, Berossus, out-of-frame excavator claims, superlatives, and unanchored chronologies that previously mixed interpretation into captions. That directly answers review note #242 under §3.1 and §3.9 without adding citations, fabricating locators, or touching AGENTS.md. The history.yaml append is honest provenance (actor, date, reason, kind: housekeeping) and the register header now states the same rule. Image files and their provenance blocks are unchanged; no confidence material or check-weakening is present.

The change moves plate captions toward observation-before-interpretation (§3.1) and source-statement-versus-inference separation (§3.9): each caption now describes only what is visible, then attributes the object identification explicitly to the Commons file title as a source statement ('The Commons file titles it...') and, where applicable, to the founder's site. This directly answers review note #242 rather than dodging any check, and removes unsupported chronologies, superlatives, and textual identifications (Berossus, excavator descriptions, 'earliest known', 'largest platform') that the register did not cite — the opposite of weakening checks. No new citations or locators are added (citation verification is empty), no AGENTS.md edit occurs, and the append-only history entry (§3.14) records what changed, why, the actor, runId/PR stamp, and aiAssisted labeling honestly. Provenance blocks (photographer, date, credit) are untouched, and the header comment documents the caption policy. The identifications attributed to Commons titles and the founder's site are stated as attributions, not as verified facts, so no fabrication or mislabeling is introduced.