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                    "text": "How are gaps and uncertain letters marked in editions?",
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                    "text": "How reliable is dating?",
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                    "text": "Which methods harm stone?",
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                    "text": "How are they encoded digitally?",
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                    "text": "Which misconceptions arise?",
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    "Should each inscription corpus be a separate entry?",
    "How should epigraphic databases be linked?",
    "How should reading conventions be linked?"
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