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

Visibility (%)

Share of under-text trace that is legible, in percent.

Rate the visibility of palimpsest under-text traces on an equal-quartile scale from negligible through faint and moderate to high. 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]

Grade

Equal-quartile visibility grade.

• Coverage or condition classifications from images are sensitive to lighting, scale, segmentation, moisture, salts, biology, prior treatment, and hidden deterioration. They do not replace examination and treatment decisions by a qualified conservator.
• 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.

• Rubbing Wax Transfer Legibility Grade Rater

  Rate the letterform legibility of a wax or graphite rubbing on an equal-quartile scale from poor through fair and good to excellent.

• Weathering Degree Scale 0-5 Fitzner Heindrichs Simplified Rater

  Rate stone weathering on the simplified six-step degree scale, mapping an integer degree from 0 (none) to 5 (extreme) to a verbal label and severity fraction.

• Margin Left Right Top Bottom Symmetry Deviation Rater

  Rate layout symmetry of an inscribed field by measuring the absolute deviations between opposing left-right and top-bottom margins.