Levels of Attestation Accuracy for Historical Names Distinguished in AWMC Publications

accurate

a string of characters in an ancient (primary) source is thought to be correct

inaccurate

a string of characters in an ancient source is thought to represent an ancient name, but the transcription or transmission of those characters from antiquity is thought to be incorrect

false

an ancient source or prior modern interpreter is thought to have thoroughly confused, or even made up, a name