citation_id,entity_id,source_id,work_title,locus,quote,translator,translation_year,source_url,evidence_grade,evidence_note,verified_on,verify_method,display_order,needs_review,review_reason,original_text_url
CIT_MANICH_PRIMAL_MAN_MANICH,ENT_MANICH_PRIMAL_MAN,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire (Psalm-Book),Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire (Psalm-Book),"And he says that an angel named Nahashbat came towards him holding the crown of victory in his hand; he says that he spread out the light before the Primal Man, and that when the (King) of Darkness saw it, he thought and said: ""I find close at hand that which I sought far away."" Then the Primal Man gave himself and 14 Manichaean Texts his five sons to be consumed by the five sons of darkness, like a man who has an enemy and mixes a deadly poison into a cak",Gardner & Lieu,2004,None,primary-verbatim,,2026-06-18,name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation,1,1,In-copyright translation — brief flagged excerpt; verify.,