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Method pattern

Damaged-inscription reading control

inscriptional_damage_controls_the_inferred_object

The inferred object is governed by damage, copy history, squeeze evidence, or contested epigraphic reading.

Why not canonical?

A normal entity ontology would hide the damaged-reading apparatus behind a Person, Place, or Event.

Pattern note

The reading condition is kept as a relation-bearing object in its own right.

Scope

Use where the inscriptional source condition is part of the object, not only its evidence.

Medium disruption epigraphic_reading

Example provenance

Curated 32

Claim Levels

L1 17 L2 5 L3 9 L5 1

Linked Item Types

article 1 evidence_path 4 inferon 5 lacuna_candidate 5 promotion_route 17

Published Articles

Frontier and Evidence Objects

Claims and Evidence Paths

Claims

Epigraphically reconstructed lords of Tikal

Tikal inscriptions imply unnamed or damaged ruler positions needing split subclaims.

source_backed · confidence 86
Epigraphic squeeze archive witness inferon

squeeze_archives_can_be_primary_witnesses_for_lost_damaged_or_inaccessible_inscriptions

source_backed · confidence 84
Lost opening section of the Qalaichi-Bukan stele

lost_opening_section_of_qalaichi_bukan_stele_inferred_from_final_curse

source_backed · confidence 72
Sinai Armenian inscription pilgrim and dedicator person-traces

sinai_armenian_inscriptions_preserve_thin_pilgrim_dedicator_person_traces

source_backed · confidence 70
Kleines Schulerloch inscription-context inferon

disputed_premodern_personal_inscription_context_at_kleines_schulerloch

source_backed · confidence 41

Evidence paths

codex-path:4bcdf67c33b020997d52b8b6710c4239511d0cd9a62185bd
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 84

Codex/subagent reading promoted only an inferon. BBAW and CIL archive pages support the rule that paper squeeze archives can serve as primary witnesses to ancient inscriptions and…

codex-path:407aa90cdcbf83ba35b30c92e7c8ae745a9eb25a7427b051
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 72

Codex/subagent reading supports an inferon for a lost opening or main section of the Qalaichi-Bukan stele. The site and stele are directly attested, and the lost text is still too…

codex-path:d6a814b8a35ae0e49170e295d273620ab713e9dafdc22f6e
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 70

Codex/subagent reading promoted a narrow inferon only. The inscription corpus is directly attested, but the missingness lies at the level of individual pilgrims, dedicators, and p…

codex-path:04b3207f3af0cb210c454eb7b7a8588c2ab773ed3542398e
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 41

Codex/subagent reading promoted only a private, heavily discounted inferon. The inscription and personal/dedicatory reading are source-visible, but premodern status, maker, and ev…