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

Location

Where the salt crystallization was observed.

Classify observed salt damage as efflorescence or subflorescence according to whether crystallization occurs on the surface or beneath it. 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]

Classification

Salt damage class implied by the observation site.

Definition

Short definition of the assigned class.

• 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.

• Rubrication Paint Trace Residue Detection Flag

  Raise a rubrication flag when pigment residue is present on the inscription surface and its observed hue category is red.

• Bustrophedon Direction Alternate-Line Detector

  Detects boustrophedon writing by checking whether per-line 'ltr'/'rtl' directions alternate on every line.

• Columnar Support Diameter Height Ratio Classifier

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