The texts of the inscriptions are displayed using a modified form of what is known as the Leiden convention. We have modified it in line with display limitations. Note that the actual underlying text in the XML files are tagged according to the TEI\/Epidoc conventions which are then translated into the typography displayed here. Below are the more popular symbols and tags used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conventional Transcription Symbols The texts of the inscriptions are displayed using a modified form of what is known as the Leiden convention. We have modified it in line with display limitations. Note that the actual underlying text in the XML files are tagged according to the TEI\/Epidoc conventions which are then translated into the typography […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iiptest.jewishstudies.digitalscholarship.brown.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meaning<\/th> Displayed as<\/th> TEI\/Epidoc tag<\/th><\/tr> Line Breaks<\/td> 1. first line
2. second line<\/td>first line
second line<\/td><\/tr>Word divided across lines<\/td> 1. \u03b1\u03b2\u03b3
2.-\u00ad\u2010\u2011 \u03b4\u03b5\u03b6<\/td>\u03b1\u03b2\u03b3
\u03b4\u03b5\u03b6<\/td><\/tr>Text divisions<\/td> <D=.r \u2026 =D>
<D=.v \u2026 =D><\/td><div type=”\u02batextpart”\u02ba subtype=”\u02baface”\u02ba n=”\u02bar”\u02ba>\u2026<\/div>
<div type=”\u02batextpart”\u02ba subtype=”\u02baface”\u02ba n=”\u02bav”\u02ba>\u2026<\/div><\/td><\/tr>Unclear (can see but cannot with certainty decipher)<\/td> a b c<\/td> <unclear>abc<\/abc><\/td><\/tr> Vestiges of letters visible but illegible<\/td> .3<\/td> <gap reason=”\u02baillegible”\u02ba quantity=”\u02ba3″\u02ba unit=”\u02bacharacter”\u02ba\/><\/td><\/tr> Gap (number of letters missing indicated by number)<\/td> [.3]<\/td> <gap reason=”lost” quantity=”3″ unit=”character”>…abc<\/gap><\/td><\/tr> Ligatured letters<\/td> ab\u0361c<\/td> <hi rend=”\u02baligature”\u02ba>ab<\/hi><\/td><\/tr> Text supplied by editor<\/td> [abc]<\/td> <supplied reason=”lost”>abc<\/supplied><\/td><\/tr> Letters corrected by editor<\/td> <:\u03b1\u03b2|corr|\u03b2\u03b1:><\/td> <choice><corr>\u03b1\u03b2<\/corr><sic>\u03b2\u03b1<\/sic><\/choice><\/td><\/tr> Word regularized by editor<\/td> <:\u03b1\u03b2|reg|\u03b2\u03b1:><\/td> <choice><reg>\u03b1\u03b2<\/reg><orig>\u03b2\u03b1<\/orig><\/choice><\/td><\/tr> Expansion of abbreviation (the abbreviation is written but the expansion is supplied by the editor)<\/td> a(bc)<\/td> <expan><abbr>a<\/abbr><ex>bc<\/ex><\/expan><\/td><\/tr> Gap (extent unknown)<\/td> [.?]<\/td> <gap reason=”illegible” extent=”unknown” unit=”character”\/><\/td><\/tr> Letters intentionally not on the inscription but added by the editor to make sense<\/td> a<b>c<\/td> a<supplied reason=”omitted”>b<\/supplied>c<\/td><\/tr> Surplus letter marked for deletion by editor<\/td> a{b}c<\/td> a<surplus>b<\/surplus><\/td><\/tr> Erased on object<\/td> a[[b]]c<\/td> a<del rend=”erasure”>b<\/del>c<\/td><\/tr> Space left on stone<\/td> vac.3<\/td> <space quantity=”\u02ba1″\u02ba unit=”\u02bacharacter”\u02ba\/>
<space quantity=”\u02ba3″\u02ba unit=”\u02bacharacter”\u02ba\/><\/td><\/tr>Space left on stone, extent unknown<\/td> vac.3?<\/td> <space extent=”\u02baunknown”\u02ba unit=”\u02bacharacter”\u02ba\/>;<\/td><\/tr> Numeral (Roman)<\/td> <#XII=12#><\/td> <num value=”\u02ba12″\u02ba>XII<\/num><\/td><\/tr> Numeral (Greek)<\/td> <#\u03b1=1#>
<#A=1000#><\/td><num value=”\u02ba1″\u02ba>\u03b1<\/num>
<num value=”\u02ba1000″\u02ba>\u03b1<\/num><\/td><\/tr>Symbol<\/td> *leaf*<\/td> <g type=”\u02baleaf”\u02ba\/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"