Sigla (Sign) -Explanation

a.. -Fragmentary letter, uncertain reading suggested by the epigrapher.

+ -Badly damaged letter, impossible to identify

ABC -Letters are legible but impossible to interpret.

[abc] -Letters missing because of damage, but supplied by the epigrapher.

(abc) -Expansion of an abbreviation supplied by epigrapher.

((abc)) -Letters or symbols represented differently on the stone.

{abc} -Letters included on the stone but removed by the epigrapher.

< abc > -Letters omitted on the stone but added by the epigrapher.

[[abc]] -Text erased in antiquity.

< < abc > > -Text inscribed over an erasure.

[...] -Missing letters, usually from damage, with each dot representing one letter.

[---] -Missing letters of an uncertain number.
(vac.) -Surface of the stone is blank - ( vac. c. 5 ) indicates a space of approximately 5 letters.

/ -Test inscribed on a different line.

// -Text inscribed on a different face of the stone.