diff --git a/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx b/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
index 1e577e1776..0b10ed3736 100644
--- a/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/tensor/_usmarray.pyx
@@ -355,6 +355,43 @@ cdef class usm_ndarray:
                 "byte_offset is not a multiple of item_size.")
         return byte_offset // item_size
 
+    @property
+    def _element_offset(self):
+        """Returns the offset of the zero-index element of the array, in elements,
+        relative to the start of memory allocation"""
+        return self.get_offset()
+
+    @property
+    def _byte_bounds(self):
+        """Returns a 2-tuple with pointers to the end-points of the array"""
+        cdef Py_ssize_t min_disp = 0
+        cdef Py_ssize_t max_disp = 0
+        cdef Py_ssize_t step_ = 0
+        cdef Py_ssize_t dim_ = 0
+        cdef int it = 0
+        cdef Py_ssize_t _itemsize = self.get_itemsize()
+
+        if ((self.flags_ & USM_ARRAY_C_CONTIGUOUS) or (self.flags_ & USM_ARRAY_F_CONTIGUOUS)):
+            return (
+                self._pointer,
+                self._pointer + shape_to_elem_count(self.nd_, self.shape_) * _itemsize
+            )
+
+        for it in range(self.nd_):
+           dim_ = self.shape[it]
+           if dim_ > 0:
+               step_ = self.strides[it]
+               if step_ > 0:
+                   max_disp += step_ * (dim_ - 1)
+               else:
+                   min_disp += step_ * (dim_ - 1)
+
+        return (
+            self._pointer + min_disp * _itemsize,
+            self._pointer + (max_disp + 1) * _itemsize
+        )
+
+
     cdef char* get_data(self):
         """Returns the USM pointer for this array."""
         return self.data_
diff --git a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
index affdbcc4da..caccac1baf 100644
--- a/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
+++ b/dpctl/tests/test_usm_ndarray_ctor.py
@@ -2012,3 +2012,30 @@ def test_Device():
     assert dict[d2] == 1
     assert d1 == d2.sycl_queue
     assert not d1 == Ellipsis
+
+
+def test_element_offset():
+    n0, n1 = 3, 8
+    try:
+        x = dpt.empty((n0, n1), dtype="i4")
+    except dpctl.SyclDeviceCreationError:
+        pytest.skip("No SYCL devices available")
+    assert isinstance(x._element_offset, int)
+    assert x._element_offset == 0
+    y = x[::-1, ::2]
+    assert y._element_offset == (n0 - 1) * n1
+
+
+def test_byte_bounds():
+    n0, n1 = 3, 8
+    try:
+        x = dpt.empty((n0, n1), dtype="i4")
+    except dpctl.SyclDeviceCreationError:
+        pytest.skip("No SYCL devices available")
+    assert isinstance(x._byte_bounds, tuple)
+    assert len(x._byte_bounds) == 2
+    lo, hi = x._byte_bounds
+    assert hi - lo == n0 * n1 * x.itemsize
+    y = x[::-1, ::2]
+    lo, hi = y._byte_bounds
+    assert hi - lo == (n0 * n1 - 1) * x.itemsize