Trust is not
for sale.
Our name must never become a sales credential for an unverified amulet.
Independence is a condition of publication.
City of Dawn is an independent educational and devotional resource. It must never operate as an amulet marketplace, accept paid seller endorsements, publish sponsored listings, carry affiliate links or host user-submitted amulet advertisements.
No seller can buy a favourable assessment, collection feature or editorial conclusion. Research, image permissions and corrections must not be conditioned on a commercial recommendation. Commercial opportunity does not override this policy.
The site’s reputation is not a sales credential.
City of Dawn does not issue authentication certificates, authenticate commercial listings, certify antiquity, value objects, guarantee purchases or endorse sellers. Its name, logo, article links and screenshots must not be represented as approval of an object or transaction.
A photograph featured here does not authenticate another object, even if it looks identical. Copying a caption, matching a shape or using a museum comparison cannot establish the origin, age, ownership or authenticity of a commercial piece.
Attribution to an institution means that the institution made that attribution. It does not imply that it endorses City of Dawn or any seller.
Keep three kinds of imagery distinct.
Object-specific authentication
This category requires documented independent assessment tied to the exact object, with assessor, date, scope, methods and limitations. No object in this release is offered as authenticated by City of Dawn. Museum dating is reported as museum attribution.
Scholarly comparison
The gallery photographs are explicitly labelled museum comparisons. Each entry identifies the object and catalogue source. Similarity is a research question, not proof that another object shares its origin or age.
AI-generated illustration
Any future AI-generated reconstruction or illustration must be labelled beside the image and in its alternative text as illustrative, with its purpose and limits. It cannot be evidence of a real object, provenance or antiquity.
Brand artwork
The supplied gold and monochrome emblems are identity illustrations, not documentary photographs. Their production method is not established by this site. The original files are preserved and support no authentication claim.
Publish the evidence for the exact object.
Every documentary object image must identify its editorial class, object identifier, attribution and source, relevant dates, material as assessed, known provenance and gaps, image origin, rights or permission, image alterations and review date. Unknown information stays unknown.
Rights clearance and historical authentication are different requirements: permission to use a photograph says nothing about the age or authenticity of its subject. Records for this release appear beside each work in the study gallery. Full rights credits are in image credits.
A future authenticated-object entry must preserve the actual assessment and its limitations. No invented certificate, ownership chain, excavation story or laboratory result may be published.
Evidence before allegations.
The site must not make unsupported statements that a particular object or seller is counterfeit, fraudulent or dishonest. An unresolved attribution is not a finding of fraud.
Reports should identify the disputed claim and supporting evidence without speculation about motives. Any proposed adverse finding requires careful source checking, appropriate independent expertise and fair review before publication. Uncertainty must remain visible.
Religious and collector traditions must be described as traditions. Claims of protection, prosperity or other supernatural outcomes are not guarantees.
Report a concern without a public accusation.
Use the reports and corrections process for a source error, misattribution, rights concern or misuse of City of Dawn as a sales credential. Reports are not public object submissions, advertisements or requests to authenticate a purchase. See also buyer safety and impersonation guidance.
This edition prepares a private report file; it does not transmit it. No personal contact details, amulet uploads or public comment board are required.
One policy in every language.
This policy applies to the English release and all future Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) and Thai (th) editions. Before a translated edition is published, its policy, notices, image classifications, object records and correction instructions must be reviewed in that language.
Translation must not strengthen an uncertain attribution into a fact, turn a traditional belief into a guarantee or omit a non-endorsement notice. Unreviewed religious translations and incomplete language placeholders must not be published.
Effective 9 November 2026. The project owner is responsible for enforcing this publication policy.