Ordinal Suffix on Consul Times Counter
Counts consulship iterations from 'cos.' ordinal numerals and standalone 'iter(um)' markers in titulature.
Description
Counts consulship iterations from 'cos.' ordinal numerals and standalone 'iter(um)' markers in titulature.
Ordinal Suffix on Consul Times Counter: Counts consulship iterations from 'cos.' ordinal numerals and standalone 'iter(um)' markers in titulature.
When to use Ordinal Suffix on Consul Times Counter
Use this epigraphic utility to apply a stated parsing, transcription, measurement, dating, classification, or documentation rule consistently while preparing inscriptions for scholarly review.
- Text
- Titulature or inscription text.
How Ordinal Suffix on Consul Times Counter works
Counts consulship iterations from 'cos.' ordinal numerals and standalone 'iter(um)' markers in titulature. 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 consular iteration marker was detected.
- Iteration
- Consulship count, zero when no marker is found.
- Marker
- Matched marker substring, empty when none found.
Limitations and assumptions
- Roman dates and titles vary by period, locality, inclusive counting, intercalation, titulature, damaged text, and scholarly reconstruction. Consular and regnal conversions require an authoritative chronological table and explicit uncertainty.
- 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.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
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.
References
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Roman calendar — Wikipedia contributors
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