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id="preface_thanks11"></li> <li id="preface_thanks12"></li> <li id="preface_thanks13"></li> <li id="preface_thanks14"></li> </ul> <p id="preface_thanks15"></p> </article> <article id="art4"> <h3 id="preface_title4"></h3> <p> <a href="static/p5-xslt/editorial-declaration.xml">XML version</a> </p> <h4 id="preface_title5">Structure of the text</h4> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">←</p> <p class="greek_decl">Direction of text (right to left)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">→</p> <p class="greek_decl">Direction of text (left to right)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">αβ|γδ</p> <p class="greek_decl">To mark a point in the text at which the support changes: a block ends and another begins (no linebreak)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">αβ|γδ</p> <p class="greek_decl">To mark a point in the text at which the support changes: a fragment ends and another begins (no linebreak)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">⸏</p> <p class="greek_decl">Paragraphos</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">side a</p> <p class="greek_decl">To mark the different sides on which the same inscription is cut</p> </section> </article> <article> <h4 id="preface_title6">Transcription</h4> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">αβ</p> <p class="greek_decl">Clear text</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">ΑΒΓ</p> <p class="greek_decl">Clear but incomprehensible letters</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α̣β̣</p> <p class="greek_decl">Ambiguous characters outside their context</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α <br>and a pop-up showing “also consonant with δ, λ”</p> <p class="greek_decl">Ambiguous characters with alternatives offered</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚αβ〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased but legible text</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚[αβ]〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased and illegible text, but restored</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚[..]〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased and lost characters: quantity known (the number of dots indicates number of lost characters)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚[c. 3 - 4]〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased and lost characters: range of possible extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚[- - -]〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased and lost characters, quantity unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">〚[- - -]〛</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erased and lost line(s)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">«αβ» </p> <p class="greek_decl">Text struck over erasure/ancient correction</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">γδ <br>and a pop-up showing “ancient correction from: αβ”</p> <p class="greek_decl">Ancient correction, both new and old text read</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">‘αβ’ </p> <p class="greek_decl">Text addition by ancient hand</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">++ </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vestiges of letters visible but illegible: quantity known</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - -] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible characters: quantity unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[c. 8] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible characters: quantity approximate</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[c. 5 - 7]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible characters: range of possible extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - - - - -]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible lines: quantity known</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - - - -</p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible lines: quantity unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - ca. 2 - - -</p> <p class="greek_decl">Illegible lines: quantity approximate</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - - - - - ?]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Possibly illegible line</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - - - - ?</p> <p class="greek_decl">Possibly illegible lines</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[...] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: quantity known (the number of dots indicates number of lost characters)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - -] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: quantity unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[c. 5] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: quantity approximate (indicated by number)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[c. 5 - 7]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: range of possible extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[-min.2-]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: minimum extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[-max.2-]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: maximum extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[..?] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Characters possibly lost: the number of dots indicates number of possibly lost characters</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - -?] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Characters possibly lost, number unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[c. 7] and [˘ ˘ ˉ] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost characters: metre reconstructed</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - - - - -] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost lines: quantity known</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[---min.2---] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost lines: minimum extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[---max.2---] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost lines: maximum extent</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - - - - </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost lines: quantity unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - ca. 2 - - - </p> <p class="greek_decl">Lost lines: quantity approximate</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[- - - - - - ?] </p> <p class="greek_decl">Possibly lost line</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">- - - - - - ? </p> <p class="greek_decl">Possibly lost lines</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(vac. 3) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat (unit character, horizontal space left on stone)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(vac. 3?) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat (unit character, quantity approximate, horizontal space left on stone)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(vac. 1 line) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat (unit line, vertical space left on stone)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(vac.) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat, extent unknown (unit character)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(vac.) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat, extent unknown (unit line)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">vac. (?) </p> <p class="greek_decl"></p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">vac. (?) </p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat possibly left on stone (unit character)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek"></p> <p class="greek_decl">Vacat possibly left on stone (unit line)</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(hand 2)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Change in scribe or hand</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek"><---></p> <p class="greek_decl">Text not completed by stonecutter (omission not restored)</p> </section> </article> <article> <h4 id="preface_title7">Form and appearance</h4> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">Αβ<sup>γ</sup> </p> <p class="greek_decl">Raised letters</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">((ϙ))</p> <p class="greek_decl">Inverted letters</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">((ρ))</p> <p class="greek_decl">Rotated letters</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α͡β</p> <p class="greek_decl">Ligatured letters</p> </section> </article> <article> <h4 id="preface_title8">Editorial interventions</h4> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[αβ]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Characters lost but restored</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">[αβ?]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Characters restored tentatively</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">ἑτα[ῖρ-]</p> <p class="greek_decl">Word incompletely restored</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek"> <span class="underline">αβ</span> </p> <p class="greek_decl">Text visible to previous editors but now lost</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek"> <span class="underline">[αβ]</span> </p> <p class="greek_decl">Text restored by comparison with parallel copy</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">{αβ}</p> <p class="greek_decl">Superfluous letters; suppressed by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek"><αβ></p> <p class="greek_decl">Omitted letters; added by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">⌈αβ⌉ <br>and a pop-up showing “lapis: βα”</p> <p class="greek_decl">Erroneous letters; corrected by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">⌈ἐκ⌉ <br>and a pop-up showing “lapis: ἐγ”</p> <p class="greek_decl">Word regularized by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α(βγ)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Abbreviation fully expanded</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α(βγ?)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Abbreviation uncertainly expanded</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α(βγ-)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Abbreviation partially expanded</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">α(- - -)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Abbreviation, expansion unknown</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(ἔτους)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Expansion of symbol</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(abc)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Subaudible word supplied by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(i.e. abc)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Breviatio explained by editor</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">(abc)</p> <p class="greek_decl">Editor's note</p> </section> </article> <article> <h4 id="preface_title9">Interpretation</h4> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">ρμα´</p> <p class="greek_decl">Alphabetic numbers</p> </section> <section class="flex"> <p class="greek">Second to third centuries A.D. 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