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Revision as of 01:15, 8 November 2015
A squeeze or squeeze paper is a reverse copy of an inscription, made by applying moist filter paper and pushing into the indentations by percussive use of a stiff brush. The paper is allowed to dry and then removed. The image is reversed from the inscription, and protrudes from the squeeze paper.
The use of a squeeze allows more information to be gleaned than examining the original inscription, for example curves inside the cutts can identify the scribe who originally carved the inscription.[1]
Squeezes can also (and some have been since the 1950s) made by applying layers of liquid latex. This method works best on horizontal surfaces.[1]
Modern digitising methods mean that the image can be restored to the original orientation.
Large collections of squeezes are held by the Inscriptiones Graecae and other epigraphic collections.