Use this epigraphic utility to apply a stated parsing, transcription, measurement, dating, classification, or documentation rule consistently while preparing inscriptions for scholarly review.

Width

Enclosure width in centimetres.

Height

Enclosure height in centimetres.

Check the height-to-width aspect ratio of a cartouche or oval enclosure and report its orientation. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Aspect ratio

Height divided by width.

Orientation

Orientation implied by the ratio.

• A geometric cartouche check can describe proportions but cannot identify a royal name, date an object, or authenticate a carving. Damage, perspective, drawing conventions, and photographic rectification affect measurements.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Retain the photograph, squeeze or scan, diplomatic transcription, provenance, dimensions, uncertainty marks, and corpus identifiers with the result. Confirm ambiguous cases against the relevant corpus, Leiden conventions, parallel inscriptions, and specialist judgment.

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