Terminus post quem

Similarly, a terminus ad quem 'limit to which' is the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.

The terminus post quem for the burial would be the latest date established with certainty: in this case, 1595.

An archaeological example of a terminus ante quem would be deposits formed before a historically dateable event, such as building foundations that were partly demolished to make way for the construction of a city wall.

If it is known that the wall was finished in 650, then the foundations must have been demolished in 650 or earlier; all that can be said from the evidence is that it happened before the known event.

In a modern context, dated images, such as those available in Google Earth, may establish termini.

The coins of Azes II found inside the Bimaran casket provide a terminus post quem : for the coins to have been placed inside, the casket was necessarily consecrated after the beginning of the reign of Azes II.
The Phoenician inscription on the sarcophagus of Ahiram is the earliest known example of the fully developed Phoenician alphabet . For some scholars, it represents the terminus post quem of the transmission of the alphabet to Europe.