” Please don’t invent your own system, but use one that has found common acceptance”.
This golden rule is provided by Prof. Van Njif in his website, in the self-explanatory section Abbreviations of corpora and publications.
I couldn’t agree more and I redirect my readers to the list of the abbrevations for general Classics or Archaeology journals on his website.
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Paola Tomasi (May 23, 2013). Abbreviations, acronyms and good practice. Lapidarias litteras scio. Retrieved July 22, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/qd37