388 First indicator:  Value 1 - Creation of work

Value 1 indicates the time period of creation or origin of the work/expression, or of the components of an aggregate work/expression considered collectively.

Examples:

046  ##  $k07uu/1100$2edtf

130  #0  $aBeowulf

388  1#  $aAnglo-Saxon period$2[source code for controlled vocabulary]

[A work originally written between the 8th and 11th centuries A.D.]

046  ##  $o-07uu/-05uu$p06uu$2edtf

130  #0  $aBroken laughter

388  1#  $aAncient period$2[source code for controlled vocabulary]

[An aggregation of ancient Greek fragments, the dates of which could range from the 8th-6th centuries B.C. to the 7th century A.D.]