Convention

The inscriptions in Epigraphic Corpora of Georgia are presented following the standard epigraphic conventions recommended by Leiden, with a few modifications for the benefit of web display.

• 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
• αβγ
  Characters partially damaged, tentatively restored by the editor