A.R.

A.R. appears as a temporal notation attached to sources and reference works. It is formatted as the abbreviation “A.R.” followed by numerals (for example, “A.R. 3000”). The exact phrase the initials stand for has not been stated, but its usage suggests an era or calendar count.

First noted usage

A.R. is seen in a citation for the Fourth Edition of The Dictionary as “A.R. 3000,” accompanying an entry that tracks shifts in meaning across forms of Orth. This indicates that A.R. functions as a dating marker for publications or documents.

Context and associations

• The notation appears in materials produced and circulated within the mathic world.
• Its formatting resembles other era or epoch styles: an abbreviation plus a number to indicate a point in time.

Known examples

• “A.R. 3000” — attached to the Fourth Edition of The Dictionary.

Status

Only the dating style and one example have been presented so far; the system’s origin, boundaries, and the expansion of “A.R.” have not yet been described in the text.