| [------] | One lost line |
| ------ | Lost lines, quantity unknown |
| ------? | Lines possibly lost |
| [...] | Lost characters, quantity known (one point for each lost letter) |
| [---] | Lost characters, quantity unknown |
| [abc] | Restored text |
| [abc?] | Uncertainly restored text |
| + | Illegible characters (one cross for each letter) |
| [[---]] | Erased and lost, quantity known |
| [[...]] | Erased and lost, quantity unknown (one point for each lost letter) |
| [[abc]] | Erased but legible text |
| [[ [abc] ]] | Erased and illegible but restored |
| <<abc>> | Text struck over erasure |
| p(ius) | Abbreviation fully expanded |
| p(ius?) | Abbreviation uncertainly expanded |
| p(ius\a) | Abbreviation uncertainly expanded |
| ABC | Letters are clear, but their significance is uncertain |
| ạḅc̣ | Damaged or unclear characters |
| <abc> | Supplement of omitted characters |
| a̲b̲c̲ | Text visible to previous editor |
| 'an' | Ligatures, letters joined together in a nexus |
| (sic.) | Sic erat scriptum |
| (!) | Sic erat scriptum |
| (vac.) | Vacat |
| {a} | Superfluous characters |
| <v=l> | Correction of erroneous characters |
| L̅X̅I̅ | Supralinear lines |
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