| rdfs:comment | - The Reckoning Tablet was an ancient Bajoran artifact. It was discovered under the ruins of B'hala by a team of Bajoran archaeologists in 2374. (DS9 episode: "The Reckoning")
- The tablet, which resembled an early version of the Bajoran symbol, was over 30,000 years old at the time of its discovery, like the ruins in which it was found. The stone was inscribed with archaic Bajoran ideograms, many of which weren't immediately translatable; however, at least two symbols were: "Welcome, Emissary."
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| abstract | - The Reckoning Tablet was an ancient Bajoran artifact. It was discovered under the ruins of B'hala by a team of Bajoran archaeologists in 2374. (DS9 episode: "The Reckoning")
- The tablet, which resembled an early version of the Bajoran symbol, was over 30,000 years old at the time of its discovery, like the ruins in which it was found. The stone was inscribed with archaic Bajoran ideograms, many of which weren't immediately translatable; however, at least two symbols were: "Welcome, Emissary." When the stone was discovered, Captain Benjamin Sisko had it transported to Deep Space 9 so that he and his science officer, Jadzia Dax, could decipher the inscriptions. Although they made some progress in this respect, Kai Winn and First Minister Shakaar Edon both ordered Captain Sisko to return the tablet to Bajor. Frustrated with this and the fact that progress on deciphering the stone's inscriptions was going so slow, Sisko picked up the stone in anger and smashed it against a wall. In doing so, he released both a trapped Prophet and Pah-wraith, and initiated a religious battle between the Prophets and Pah-wraiths. (DS9: "The Reckoning")
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