Thing:Inscription
Thing:Inscription node definition.
Description
Nodes with both the "Thing" and "Inscription" labels, representing epigraphic texts written on material objects, structures, etc. Note: this node records the TEXTUAL CONTENT of the inscriptions themselves and does NOT represent the object that is inscribed (this will be represented as another Thing and connected to the inscription by relationship). Represented in visualizations by HTML hex color #02C39A: Thing:Inscription with black (#000000) label text.
Analogy
A row in an "Inscriptions" spreadsheet or relational database table.
Example
"Imperial dedication of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus"
CIDOC-CRM Mapping
MAYBE include a short summmary here, but leave the details for the designated CIDOC-CRM section.
Node Properties
Basic Properties
| property | type | req? | uniq? | description | example(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| uid | string | Y | Y | Unique identifier as alphanumeric slug, prepended with “inscr-” | "inscr-uj-002" |
| name | string | Y | Y | Unique name by which this Inscription is known in the database. | "UJ.Inscr.002" |
| description | string | Y | n | Short description of the Inscription recorded by this node. Will almost certainly be unique, but this is not enforced. | "Greek religious dedication to Dushara A'ara." |
| editionDiplomatic | string | y | n | The inscribed text, exactly as it appears on the inscribed object, line by line. | "ΜΑϹΕ ΧΟϹΑ ΟΥΕΙΔ ΑΝΟΥ ΔΟΥϹ ΑΡΕΙΑ ΑΡΡΑ" |
| editionTranscription | string | n | n | An informed transcription of the text, retaining original lines but splitting words, expanding abbreviations, etc. | "Μασε- χος Α- ουειδ- ανου Δουσ- άρει Α- αρρα" |
| editionContinuous | string | n | n | A continuous version of the transcription, without line breaks, etc. | "Μασεχος Αουειδανου Δουσάρει Ααρρα" |
TENTATIVE Properties
(these may be changed to edge/relationships with Vocab terms or XX nodes, rather than directly stored as node properties)
| property | type | req? | uniq? | description | example(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| type | [string list] | n | n | The type of Inscription recorded by this node entity, as a string array, selected from the Vocab:InscriptionType controlled vocabulary. | ["religious dedication (pagan)"] |
| language | string | n | n | The language of this Inscription, selected from the Vocab:Language controlled vocabulary. | "Greek" |
| periodProduction | [string list] | n | n | Whenever possible, an informed determination of the cultural period(s) in which this Inscription was produced, selected from choices in Vocab:CulturalPeriod as a string array. | ["Late Roman", "Early Byzantine"] |
| dateProductionEarliest | string (edtf) | n | n | Whenever possible, an informed determination of the earliest reasonably possible date for the production of this Inscription, in extended date-time format (level 0/1 supported). | "0300" for AD 300 |
| dateProductionLatest | string (edtf) | n | n | Whenever possible, an informed determination of the latest reasonably possible date for the production of this Inscription, in extended date-time format (level 0/1 supported). | "0600" for AD 600 |
System/Audit Properties
(these are not required/enforced by Neo4j but are populated via the UJAP Database web application; these could also be handled—perhaps more simply—by edge/relationship to AuditEvent nodes)
| property | type | req? | uniq? | description | example(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proposedAt | datetime | n | n | Timestamp of entity proposal (initial database record creation) | "2026-01-30T02:39:15.638Z" |
| proposedBy | string | n | n | Email or userID of the person who created this entity's initial/proposed record | "person@email.com" |
| approvedAt | datetime | n | n | Timestamp of entity proposal (initial database record creation) | "2026-01-30T12:47:15.638Z" |
| approvedBy | string | n | n | Email or userID of the person who created this entity's initial/proposed record | "person@email.com" |
| committedAt | datetime | n | n | of node entity COMMIT (i.e., formal approval/ publishing to database by an admin). | "2026-01-31T02:41:56.043Z" |
| committedBy | string | n | n | Email or userID of the person who COMMITTED this node entity. | "person@email.com" |
Relationships (outgoing)
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Relationships (incoming)
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