E49 Time Appellation in Version 5.0.2

Subclass of :
E41 Appellation
Superclass of:
E50 Date
Scope Note:

This class comprises all forms of names or codes, such as historical periods, and dates, which are characteristically used to refer to a specific E52 Time-Span.

The instances of E49 Time Appellation may vary in their degree of precision, and they may be relative to other time frames, “Before Christ” for example. Instances of E52 Time-Span are often defined by reference to a cultural period or an event e.g. ‘the duration of the Ming Dynasty’.

Examples:
  • “Meiji” [Japanese term for a specific time-span]
  • “1st half of the XX century”
  • “Quaternary”
  • “1215 Hegira” [a date in the Islamic calendar]
  • “Last century”
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