Ancient Greek Boustrophedon Inscription

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Cristian Violatti
by Ranveig Thattai
published on 02 January 2015
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Example of an Ancient Greek boustrophedon inscription. The arrows indicate the direction of the writing for each line. Non-symmetrical letters change their orientation with the alternate directions of the lines.

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