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

Text

Inscription or translation text to scan.

Detect boundary-declaration terms in inscription text by whole-word matching the finis family (finis, fines, finibus, finium) and terminus family (terminus, termini, terminum, termine) case-insensitively. 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

True when any boundary term occurs.

Matched term

First matched term in its original casing, or empty string.

Normalized

Lowercase form of the first match, or empty string.

Matches

Total number of boundary-term matches.

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• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

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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