diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/common.py b/src/gt4py/next/common.py
index f4e35b5533..e55e13a38d 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/common.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/common.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class Dimension:
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.value}[{self.kind}]"
 
+    def __call__(self, val: int) -> NamedIndex:
+        return self, val
+
 
 class Infinity(enum.Enum):
     """Describes an unbounded `UnitRange`."""
@@ -272,7 +275,10 @@ def unit_range(r: RangeLike) -> UnitRange:
 NamedRange: TypeAlias = tuple[Dimension, UnitRange]  # TODO: convert to NamedTuple
 FiniteNamedRange: TypeAlias = tuple[Dimension, FiniteUnitRange]  # TODO: convert to NamedTuple
 RelativeIndexElement: TypeAlias = IntIndex | slice | types.EllipsisType
-AbsoluteIndexElement: TypeAlias = NamedIndex | NamedRange
+NamedSlice: TypeAlias = (
+    slice  # once slice is generic we should do: slice[NamedIndex, NamedIndex, Literal[1]], see https://peps.python.org/pep-0696/
+)
+AbsoluteIndexElement: TypeAlias = NamedIndex | NamedRange | NamedSlice
 AnyIndexElement: TypeAlias = RelativeIndexElement | AbsoluteIndexElement
 AbsoluteIndexSequence: TypeAlias = Sequence[NamedRange | NamedIndex]
 RelativeIndexSequence: TypeAlias = tuple[
@@ -307,6 +313,10 @@ def is_named_index(v: AnyIndexSpec) -> TypeGuard[NamedRange]:
     )
 
 
+def is_named_slice(obj: AnyIndexSpec) -> TypeGuard[NamedRange]:
+    return isinstance(obj, slice) and (is_named_index(obj.start) and is_named_index(obj.stop))
+
+
 def is_any_index_element(v: AnyIndexSpec) -> TypeGuard[AnyIndexElement]:
     return (
         is_int_index(v)
diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/embedded/common.py b/src/gt4py/next/embedded/common.py
index 94efe4d61d..f9201da247 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/embedded/common.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/embedded/common.py
@@ -146,3 +146,32 @@ def _find_index_of_dim(
         if dim == d:
             return i
     return None
+
+
+def canonicalize_any_index_sequence(
+    index: common.AnyIndexSpec,
+) -> common.AnyIndexSpec:
+    # TODO: instead of canonicalizing to `NamedRange`, we should canonicalize to `NamedSlice`
+    new_index: common.AnyIndexSpec = (index,) if isinstance(index, slice) else index
+    if isinstance(new_index, tuple) and all(isinstance(i, slice) for i in new_index):
+        new_index = tuple([_named_slice_to_named_range(i) for i in new_index])  # type: ignore[arg-type, assignment] # all i's are slices as per if statement
+    return new_index
+
+
+def _named_slice_to_named_range(
+    idx: common.NamedSlice,
+) -> common.NamedRange | common.NamedSlice:
+    assert hasattr(idx, "start") and hasattr(idx, "stop")
+    if common.is_named_slice(idx):
+        idx_start_0, idx_start_1, idx_stop_0, idx_stop_1 = idx.start[0], idx.start[1], idx.stop[0], idx.stop[1]  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        if idx_start_0 != idx_stop_0:
+            raise IndexError(
+                f"Dimensions slicing mismatch between '{idx_start_0.value}' and '{idx_stop_0.value}'."
+            )
+        assert isinstance(idx_start_1, int) and isinstance(idx_stop_1, int)
+        return (idx_start_0, common.UnitRange(idx_start_1, idx_stop_1))
+    if common.is_named_index(idx.start) and idx.stop is None:
+        raise IndexError(f"Upper bound needs to be specified for {idx}.")
+    if common.is_named_index(idx.stop) and idx.start is None:
+        raise IndexError(f"Lower bound needs to be specified for {idx}.")
+    return idx
diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/embedded/nd_array_field.py b/src/gt4py/next/embedded/nd_array_field.py
index 1bdb7161ec..38aab09df1 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/embedded/nd_array_field.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/embedded/nd_array_field.py
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ def __invert__(self) -> NdArrayField:
     def _slice(
         self, index: common.AnyIndexSpec
     ) -> tuple[common.Domain, common.RelativeIndexSequence]:
+        index = embedded_common.canonicalize_any_index_sequence(index)
         new_domain = embedded_common.sub_domain(self.domain, index)
 
         index_sequence = common.as_any_index_sequence(index)
diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/iterator/tracing.py b/src/gt4py/next/iterator/tracing.py
index 05ebd02352..1c9887cd22 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/iterator/tracing.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/iterator/tracing.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def __call__(self, *args):
 def make_node(o):
     if isinstance(o, Node):
         return o
+    if isinstance(o, common.Dimension):
+        return AxisLiteral(value=o.value)
     if callable(o):
         if o.__name__ == "<lambda>":
             return lambdadef(o)
@@ -156,8 +158,6 @@ def make_node(o):
         return OffsetLiteral(value=o.value)
     if isinstance(o, core_defs.Scalar):
         return im.literal_from_value(o)
-    if isinstance(o, common.Dimension):
-        return AxisLiteral(value=o.value)
     if isinstance(o, tuple):
         return _f("make_tuple", *(make_node(arg) for arg in o))
     if o is None:
diff --git a/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_common.py b/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_common.py
index de511fdabb..91f15ee936 100644
--- a/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_common.py
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 from gt4py.next import common
 from gt4py.next.common import UnitRange
 from gt4py.next.embedded import exceptions as embedded_exceptions
-from gt4py.next.embedded.common import _slice_range, iterate_domain, sub_domain
+from gt4py.next.embedded.common import (
+    _slice_range,
+    canonicalize_any_index_sequence,
+    iterate_domain,
+    sub_domain,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -147,3 +152,31 @@ def test_iterate_domain():
     testee = list(iterate_domain(domain))
 
     assert testee == ref
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "slices, expected",
+    [
+        [slice(I(3), I(4)), ((I, common.UnitRange(3, 4)),)],
+        [
+            (slice(J(3), J(6)), slice(I(3), I(5))),
+            ((J, common.UnitRange(3, 6)), (I, common.UnitRange(3, 5))),
+        ],
+        [slice(I(1), J(7)), IndexError],
+        [
+            slice(I(1), None),
+            IndexError,
+        ],
+        [
+            slice(None, K(8)),
+            IndexError,
+        ],
+    ],
+)
+def test_slicing(slices, expected):
+    if expected is IndexError:
+        with pytest.raises(IndexError):
+            canonicalize_any_index_sequence(slices)
+    else:
+        testee = canonicalize_any_index_sequence(slices)
+        assert testee == expected
diff --git a/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_nd_array_field.py b/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_nd_array_field.py
index 66189cf9eb..49f74a566b 100644
--- a/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_nd_array_field.py
+++ b/tests/next_tests/unit_tests/embedded_tests/test_nd_array_field.py
@@ -463,6 +463,49 @@ def test_absolute_indexing(domain_slice, expected_dimensions, expected_shape):
     assert indexed_field.domain.dims == expected_dimensions
 
 
+def test_absolute_indexing_dim_sliced():
+    domain = common.Domain(
+        dims=(IDim, JDim, KDim), ranges=(UnitRange(5, 10), UnitRange(5, 15), UnitRange(10, 25))
+    )
+    field = common._field(np.ones((5, 10, 15)), domain=domain)
+    indexed_field_1 = field[JDim(8) : JDim(10), IDim(5) : IDim(9)]
+    expected = field[(IDim, UnitRange(5, 9)), (JDim, UnitRange(8, 10))]
+
+    assert common.is_field(indexed_field_1)
+    assert indexed_field_1 == expected
+
+
+def test_absolute_indexing_dim_sliced_single_slice():
+    domain = common.Domain(
+        dims=(IDim, JDim, KDim), ranges=(UnitRange(5, 10), UnitRange(5, 15), UnitRange(10, 25))
+    )
+    field = common._field(np.ones((5, 10, 15)), domain=domain)
+    indexed_field_1 = field[KDim(11)]
+    indexed_field_2 = field[(KDim, 11)]
+
+    assert common.is_field(indexed_field_1)
+    assert indexed_field_1 == indexed_field_2
+
+
+def test_absolute_indexing_wrong_dim_sliced():
+    domain = common.Domain(
+        dims=(IDim, JDim, KDim), ranges=(UnitRange(5, 10), UnitRange(5, 15), UnitRange(10, 25))
+    )
+    field = common._field(np.ones((5, 10, 15)), domain=domain)
+
+    with pytest.raises(IndexError, match="Dimensions slicing mismatch between 'JDim' and 'IDim'."):
+        field[JDim(8) : IDim(10)]
+
+
+def test_absolute_indexing_empty_dim_sliced():
+    domain = common.Domain(
+        dims=(IDim, JDim, KDim), ranges=(UnitRange(5, 10), UnitRange(5, 15), UnitRange(10, 25))
+    )
+    field = common._field(np.ones((5, 10, 15)), domain=domain)
+    with pytest.raises(IndexError, match="Lower bound needs to be specified"):
+        field[: IDim(10)]
+
+
 def test_absolute_indexing_value_return():
     domain = common.Domain(dims=(IDim, JDim), ranges=(UnitRange(10, 20), UnitRange(5, 15)))
     field = common._field(np.reshape(np.arange(100, dtype=np.int32), (10, 10)), domain=domain)