Beta CodeUnicode EquivalentSymbolNameNotes
[
]

005B

005D

[
]

Left Square Bracket

Right Square Bracket

Definition: 1) either editorial or conjectural additions to the text or deletions from the text. Generally addition in papyrological and epigraphical use. Indeterminate between addition or deletion in codical use ; 2) [] indicates 0 or 1 missing letters, while [ ] indicates a lacuna of indeterminate length in Philodemus (1595 002)

Status: allowed

Usage: in corpus