Use this epigraphic utility to apply a stated parsing, transcription, measurement, dating, classification, or documentation rule consistently while preparing inscriptions for scholarly review.

Text

Latin text to scan for leap-day references.

Detects references to the Julian leap day through 'VI Kal. Mart.', 'bis sextum' or 'bissextile' phrasing. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Found

Whether a leap-day reference was detected.

Occurrences

Number of leap-day reference matches.

Doubled form

Whether an explicit 'bis' doubling term appears.

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Retain the photograph, squeeze or scan, diplomatic transcription, provenance, dimensions, uncertainty marks, and corpus identifiers with the result. Confirm ambiguous cases against the relevant corpus, Leiden conventions, parallel inscriptions, and specialist judgment.

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