diff --git a/arraycontext/__init__.py b/arraycontext/__init__.py
index 3665cf6d..bfbc14f7 100644
--- a/arraycontext/__init__.py
+++ b/arraycontext/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 """
 
 import sys
-from .context import ArrayContext, Array, Scalar
+from .context import ArrayContext, Array, Scalar, tag_axes
 
 from .transform_metadata import (CommonSubexpressionTag,
         ElementwiseMapKernelTag)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = (
-        "ArrayContext", "Scalar", "Array",
+        "ArrayContext", "Scalar", "Array", "tag_axes",
 
         "CommonSubexpressionTag",
         "ElementwiseMapKernelTag",
diff --git a/arraycontext/context.py b/arraycontext/context.py
index cc157a4f..b6278e20 100644
--- a/arraycontext/context.py
+++ b/arraycontext/context.py
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@
 .. autoclass:: Array
 .. autoclass:: Scalar
 .. autoclass:: ArrayContext
+.. autofunction:: tag_axes
+
+Internal typing helpers (do not import)
+---------------------------------------
+
+.. currentmodule:: arraycontext.context
+
+This is only here because the documentation tool wants it.
+
+.. class:: SelfType
+
+.. class:: ArrayT
+
+    A type variable, with a lower bound of :class:`Array`.
 """
 
 
@@ -109,8 +123,8 @@
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import (
-        Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union,
-        TYPE_CHECKING)
+        Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, Mapping,
+        TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar)
 
 import numpy as np
 from pytools import memoize_method
@@ -129,6 +143,8 @@
 except ImportError:
     from typing_extensions import Protocol                  # type: ignore[misc]
 
+SelfType = TypeVar("SelfType")
+
 
 class Array(Protocol):
     """A :class:`~typing.Protocol` for the array type supported by
@@ -150,6 +166,9 @@ def dtype(self) -> "np.dtype[Any]":
         ...
 
 
+ArrayT = TypeVar("ArrayT", bound=Array)
+
+
 class Scalar(Protocol):
     """A :class:`~typing.Protocol` for the scalar type supported by
     :class:`ArrayContext`.
@@ -322,7 +341,7 @@ def thaw(self, array: Array) -> Array:
     @abstractmethod
     def tag(self,
             tags: ToTagSetConvertible,
-            array: Array) -> Array:
+            array: ArrayT) -> ArrayT:
         """If the array type used by the array context is capable of capturing
         metadata, return a version of *array* with the *tags* applied. *array*
         itself is not modified.
@@ -335,7 +354,7 @@ def tag(self,
     @abstractmethod
     def tag_axis(self,
                  iaxis: int, tags: ToTagSetConvertible,
-                 array: Array) -> Array:
+                 array: ArrayT) -> ArrayT:
         """If the array type used by the array context is capable of capturing
         metadata, return a version of *array* in which axis number *iaxis* has
         the *tags* applied. *array* itself is not modified.
@@ -406,7 +425,7 @@ def einsum(self,
         return self.tag(tagged, out_ary)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def clone(self) -> "ArrayContext":
+    def clone(self: SelfType) -> SelfType:
         """If possible, return a version of *self* that is semantically
         equivalent (i.e. implements all array operations in the same way)
         but is a separate object. May return *self* if that is not possible.
@@ -470,4 +489,23 @@ def permits_advanced_indexing(self) -> bool:
 
 # }}}
 
+
+# {{{ tagging helpers
+
+def tag_axes(
+        actx: ArrayContext,
+        dim_to_tags: Mapping[int, ToTagSetConvertible],
+        ary: ArrayT) -> ArrayT:
+    """
+    Return a copy of *ary* with the axes in *dim_to_tags* tagged with their
+    corresponding tags. Equivalent to repeated application of
+    :meth:`ArrayContext.tag_axis`.
+    """
+    for iaxis, tags in dim_to_tags.items():
+        ary = actx.tag_axis(iaxis, tags, ary)
+
+    return ary
+
+# }}}
+
 # vim: foldmethod=marker
diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index 08489872..154af2f9 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@
         FirstAxisIsElementsTag,
         PyOpenCLArrayContext,
         PytatoPyOpenCLArrayContext,
+        EagerJAXArrayContext,
         ArrayContainer,
-        to_numpy)
+        to_numpy, tag_axes)
 from arraycontext import (  # noqa: F401
         pytest_generate_tests_for_array_contexts,
         )
@@ -1442,7 +1443,7 @@ def _twice(x):
 # }}}
 
 
-# {{{
+# {{{ test_taggable_cl_array_tags
 
 def test_taggable_cl_array_tags(actx_factory):
     actx = actx_factory()
@@ -1497,6 +1498,27 @@ def test_to_numpy_on_frozen_arrays(actx_factory):
     np.testing.assert_allclose(to_numpy(u, actx), 1)
 
 
+def test_tagging(actx_factory):
+    actx = actx_factory()
+
+    if isinstance(actx, EagerJAXArrayContext):
+        pytest.skip("Eager JAX has no tagging support")
+
+    from pytools.tag import Tag
+
+    class ExampleTag(Tag):
+        pass
+
+    ary = tag_axes(actx, {0: ExampleTag()},
+            actx.tag(
+                ExampleTag(),
+                actx.zeros((20, 20), dtype=np.float64)))
+
+    assert ary.tags_of_type(ExampleTag)
+    assert ary.axes[0].tags_of_type(ExampleTag)
+    assert not ary.axes[1].tags_of_type(ExampleTag)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
     if len(sys.argv) > 1: