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! [[Property:name|Proper name]]:
! [[Property:name|Proper name]]:
| {{{field|name|size=80}}}<br>Proper name or popular name of the inscription, e.g. <code>"Inscription of Prestino"</code>
| {{{field|name|size=80}}}
*Proper name or popular name of the inscription, e.g. "<code>Inscription of Prestino</code>" or "<code>Harigasti inscription</code>".
*Do <u>not</u> enter the name of the object here!
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! [[:Category:Word|Transliteration]]: *
! [[:Category:Word|Transliteration]]: *
| {{{field|reading|mandatory|size=80}}}
| {{{field|reading|mandatory|size=80}}}
*Entirely in lower case letters (except special display forms)!
*Entirely in lower case letters (except special display forms)!
*Use the correct special characters like <code>χ φ ś θ þ</code>.
*Use the correct characters/notation:
*Functional characters: " " = [[space]], ":" = [[separator]], "/" = [[newline]]
<div style="margin-left:20px;">
*Use functional characters to separate words, and "!" to separate linked and displayed form, e.g. <code>linkform!displayform</code>.
{| class="table_lines"
*The linked form must be a [[:Category:Word|word page]]!
! Character
*Example: "<code>sφuras!sφura.s entus</code>" will display "[[sφuras|sφura.s]] [[entus]]".
! Meaning
! Explanation/note
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| <code>a e</code> ...<br><code style="white-space:nowrap;">χ φ ś θ þ</code>
| transcription characters, inclunding special characters
| Lower case variants of the corresponding [[:Category:Character|characters]] (arche-graphemes)!
|-
| <code> </code>
| [[space]]
| Automatically separates the [[:Category:Word|words]] in the transliteration. Use spaces to separate words, even if there is no word separation at all in the original inscription.
|-
| <code>:</code>
| [[separator]]
| Automatically separates the [[:Category:Word|words]] in the transliteration. Do not try to display more points: "<code>:</code>" is the sign for <u>all</u> variants of [[separator|separators]], like "<code>a</code>" is the sign for all variants of [[A]]!
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| <code>&amp;#x0323;</code>
| difficult or uncertain to read, severely damaged
| point below the preceeding character
|-
| <code>·</code>
| [[punctuation|syllabic punctuation]]
| Also to be used when unclear whether it's an separator (see above).
|-
| <code>/</code>
| [[newline|new line, line change]]
|-
| <code>?</code>
| [[unknown|unknown or unreadable or unidentifiable sign]]
|-
| <code>§</code>
| [[§|decorative or non-script sign]]
|}
</div>
*Use " " or "<code>:</code>" to separate words, and "<code>!</code>" to separate linked and displayed forms of a word, e.g. "<code>linkform<span style="color:red;">!</span>displayform</code>".
*The linked form must be a [[:Category:Word|word page]]! These are <u>normalised</u> word forms, there are no word pages for writing variants!
*To display spaces, "/" (or other functional characters) in the display form (for whatever reason!), they have to be HTML-masked, e.g. "<code>linkform!display<span style="color:red;">&amp;#32;</span>form</code>".
*Example: "<code>sφuras!sφura·s entus!entus&amp;#x0323;</code>" will display "[[sφuras|sφura·s]] [[entus|entus&#x0323;]]". (Note the difference between the linked and the displayed forms.)
 
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! [[:Category:Character|Original letters]]: *
! [[:Category:Character|Original letters]]: *
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*Use [[Template:c]] for each character, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{c|A}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||A}}) or <code><nowiki>{{c|A|A2|d}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||A2|d}}). See there for more instructions.
*Use [[Template:c]] for each character, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{c|A}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||A}}) or <code><nowiki>{{c|A|A2|d}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||A2|d}}). See there for more instructions.
*Remember that the first parameter in [[Template:c]] must be a [[:Category:Character|character pagename]], e.g. <code>Χ</code> (chi)<code>, Φ, Ś, Θ, Þ</code>!
*Remember that the first parameter in [[Template:c]] must be a [[:Category:Character|character pagename]], e.g. <code>Χ</code> (chi)<code>, Φ, Ś, Θ, Þ</code>!
*Use the unlinked form to display a sign that is not a character, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{c||Θ}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||Θ}}) or <code><nowiki>{{c||U2|d}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||U2|d}}).
*Use the <u>unlinked</u> form to display a sign that is <u>not</u> a character, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{c||Θ}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||Θ}}) or <code><nowiki>{{c||U3|d}}</nowiki></code> (for {{c||U3|d}}).
*The character sequence has to be entered as you want it to be displayed. Thus the last character of a sinistroverse inscription has to be entered as the leftmost one!
*The character sequence has to be entered as you want it to be displayed. Thus the last character of a sinistroverse inscription has to be entered as the leftmost one!
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! [[Property:letter_number_min|Min. number of letters]]:  
! [[Property:letter_number_min|Min. number of letters]]:  
| {{{field|letter_number_min|size=10}}} (<code>0</code> for ''unknown'' or ''none'')
| {{{field|letter_number_min|size=10}}}
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|-
! [[Property:letter_number_max|Max. number of letters]]:
! [[Property:letter_number_max|Max. number of letters]]:
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! [[Property:sortdate|Date in Sortform]]:
! [[Property:sortdate|Date in Sortform]]:
| {{{field|sortdate|input type=text|size=10}}}<br>decimal number in '''years''', negative for years BC; e.g. <code>-300</code> (for ''300 BC''), <code>1888</code> (for ''1888''), <code>1997.0131</code> (for ''31 Jan 1997''), or <code>0</code> (if ''unknown'')
| {{{field|sortdate|input type=text|size=10}}}<br>decimal number in '''years''', negative for years BC; e.g. "<code>-300</code>" (for ''300 BC''), "<code>1888</code>" (for ''1888''), "<code>1997.0131</code>" (for ''31 Jan 1997''), or "<code>0</code>" (if ''unknown'')
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! [[Property:date|Date in Display Format]]:
! [[Property:date|Date in Display Format]]:
| {{{field|date|input type=text|size=10}}}<br>e.g. <code>3<nowiki><sup>rd</sup></nowiki> century BC</code>, or <code>unknown</code> (if ''unknown'')
| {{{field|date|input type=text|size=10}}}<br>e.g. "<code>3rd century BC</code>", "<code>early 3rd century BC</code>", "<code>3rd–2nd centuries BC</code>", or "<code>unknown</code>" (if ''unknown'')<br><span style="color:red;">Note: If you enter a display form, you also have to enter a sorting value above!</span>
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! [[Property:date_derivation‎|Date derived from]]:
! [[Property:date_derivation‎|Date derived from]]:
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! [[Property:problem|Problems]]:
! [[Property:problem|Problems]]:
| {{{field|problem|size=80}}}<br>in keywords or as short phrases, separated by ","
| {{{field|problem|size=80}}}<br>in keywords or as short phrases, separated by ";"
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! [[Property:disambiguation|Disambiguation page(s)]]:
! [[Property:disambiguation|Disambiguation page(s)]]:

Revision as of 04:45, 19 December 2013

With this form, pages that use the Template:inscription can be created or edited. See the Category:Inscription for a list of all 389 inscription pages.

Note: Use the correct punctuation mark (e.g. the hyphen "-") for sigla and page names of inscriptions, e.g. "MA-4"