diff --git a/nac3core/irrt/irrt.cpp b/nac3core/irrt/irrt.cpp
index c372735f..5a4a5407 100644
--- a/nac3core/irrt/irrt.cpp
+++ b/nac3core/irrt/irrt.cpp
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 #include <irrt/ndarray/basic.hpp>
 #include <irrt/ndarray/def.hpp>
 #include <irrt/ndarray/iter.hpp>
-#include <irrt/original.hpp>
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+#include <irrt/original.hpp>
+#include <irrt/slice.hpp>
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diff --git a/nac3core/irrt/irrt/slice.hpp b/nac3core/irrt/irrt/slice.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49edf3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nac3core/irrt/irrt/slice.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <irrt/exception.hpp>
+#include <irrt/int_types.hpp>
+#include <irrt/math_util.hpp>
+
+// The type of an index or a value describing the length of a
+// range/slice is always `int32_t`.
+using SliceIndex = int32_t;
+
+namespace
+{
+
+/**
+ * @brief A Python-like slice with resolved indices.
+ *
+ * "Resolved indices" means that `start` and `stop` must be positive and are
+ * bound to a known length.
+ */
+struct ResolvedSlice
+{
+    SliceIndex start;
+    SliceIndex stop;
+    SliceIndex step;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Calculate and return the length / the number of the slice.
+     * 
+     * If this were a Python range, this function would be `len(range(start, stop, step))`.
+     */
+    SliceIndex len()
+    {
+        SliceIndex diff = stop - start;
+        if (diff > 0 && step > 0)
+        {
+            return ((diff - 1) / step) + 1;
+        }
+        else if (diff < 0 && step < 0)
+        {
+            return ((diff + 1) / step) + 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+namespace slice
+{
+/**
+ * @brief Resolve a slice index under a given length like Python indexing.
+ *
+ * In Python, if you have a `list` of length 100, `list[-1]` resolves to
+ * `list[99]`, so `resolve_index_in_length_clamped(100, -1)` returns `99`.
+ *
+ * If `length` is 0, 0 is returned for any value of `index`.
+ *
+ * If `index` is out of bounds, clamps the returned value between `0` and
+ * `length - 1` (inclusive).
+ *
+ */
+SliceIndex resolve_index_in_length_clamped(SliceIndex length, SliceIndex index)
+{
+    if (index < 0)
+    {
+        return max<SliceIndex>(length + index, 0);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return min<SliceIndex>(length, index);
+    }
+}
+
+const SliceIndex OUT_OF_BOUNDS = -1;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Like `resolve_index_in_length_clamped`, but returns `OUT_OF_BOUNDS`
+ * if `index` is out of bounds.
+ */
+SliceIndex resolve_index_in_length(SliceIndex length, SliceIndex index)
+{
+    SliceIndex resolved = index < 0 ? length + index : index;
+    if (0 <= resolved && resolved < length)
+    {
+        return resolved;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return OUT_OF_BOUNDS;
+    }
+}
+} // namespace slice
+
+/**
+ * @brief A Python-like slice with **unresolved** indices.
+ */
+struct Slice
+{
+    bool start_defined;
+    SliceIndex start;
+
+    bool stop_defined;
+    SliceIndex stop;
+
+    bool step_defined;
+    SliceIndex step;
+
+    Slice()
+    {
+        this->reset();
+    }
+
+    void reset()
+    {
+        this->start_defined = false;
+        this->stop_defined = false;
+        this->step_defined = false;
+    }
+
+    void set_start(SliceIndex start)
+    {
+        this->start_defined = true;
+        this->start = start;
+    }
+
+    void set_stop(SliceIndex stop)
+    {
+        this->stop_defined = true;
+        this->stop = stop;
+    }
+
+    void set_step(SliceIndex step)
+    {
+        this->step_defined = true;
+        this->step = step;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Resolve this slice.
+     *
+     * In Python, this would be `slice(start, stop, step).indices(length)`.
+     *
+     * @return A `ResolvedSlice` with the resolved indices.
+     */
+    ResolvedSlice indices(SliceIndex length)
+    {
+        ResolvedSlice result;
+
+        result.step = step_defined ? step : 1;
+        bool step_is_negative = result.step < 0;
+
+        if (start_defined)
+        {
+            result.start = slice::resolve_index_in_length_clamped(length, start);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            result.start = step_is_negative ? length - 1 : 0;
+        }
+
+        if (stop_defined)
+        {
+            result.stop = slice::resolve_index_in_length_clamped(length, stop);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            result.stop = step_is_negative ? -1 : length;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Like `.indices()` but with assertions.
+     */
+    template <typename SizeT> ResolvedSlice indices_checked(SliceIndex length)
+    {
+        // TODO: Switch to `SizeT length`
+
+        if (length < 0)
+        {
+            raise_exception(SizeT, EXN_VALUE_ERROR, "length should not be negative, got {0}", length, NO_PARAM,
+                            NO_PARAM);
+        }
+
+        if (this->step_defined && this->step == 0)
+        {
+            raise_exception(SizeT, EXN_VALUE_ERROR, "slice step cannot be zero", NO_PARAM, NO_PARAM, NO_PARAM);
+        }
+
+        return this->indices(length);
+    }
+};
+} // namespace
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