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

Diameter

Lower column diameter in centimetres.

Height

Column height in centimetres.

Order

Classical order supplying the canonical height in diameters (Tuscan 7, Doric 8, Ionic 9, Corinthian 10, Composite 10).

Classify a columnar inscription support by comparing its height-to-diameter slenderness ratio against the Vitruvian canonical heights for the selected classical order. 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]

Slenderness

Height divided by lower diameter.

Canonical height

Canonical column height expressed in lower diameters for the order.

Deviation

Measured slenderness minus the canonical value.

• Corpus references, formula detectors, measurements, and classifiers depend on the edition, language, script, abbreviation practice, text normalization, and preservation state. Automated output should remain linked to the diplomatic transcription and image evidence.
• 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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