Epigraphic Conventions
The inscriptions in IAph are presented following the standard epigraphic conventions recommended by Leiden, with a few modifications for the benefit of web display.
In general we have not included punctuation in the epigraphic text, except in some cases where the text is in verse or a literary prose style.
| αβγ | Text clearly read and interpreted |
| ΑΒΓ | Text clearly read but not resolved by the editor |
| α(βγ) | Expansion of an abbreviation |
| [αβγ] | Text lost due to damage and restored by the editor |
| [ .. c. 4 .. ] | A number of characters lost due to damage that cannot be restored |
| [ .. ? .. ] | An unknown number of characters lost due to damage |
| <αβγ> | Characters erroneously omitted by the cutter |
| `αβγ´ | Text added to the text in antiquity (by the original or a second scribe) |
| ⌜αβγ⌝ | Text corrected by the editor |
| {αβγ} | Superfluous letters removed by the editor |
| α̣β̣γ̣ | Characters partially damaged, tentatively restored by the editor |
| αβγ | Characters seen by the editors in an otherwise largely lost text |
| αβγ | Characters seen by a previous editor now lost due to further damage |