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

Direction

Direction token such as 'sinistroverse', 'rtl' or 'ltr'.

Flags whether a script direction token describes leftward (sinistroverse) rather than rightward writing. 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]

Sinistroverse

Whether the direction is leftward.

Normalized

Canonical direction classification.

• Writing direction and grid alignment cannot always be inferred from a token or line alone. Monument layout, letter orientation, line order, missing edges, later recutting, and local scribal practice must be inspected visually.
• 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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