Greek alphabet, written from right to left, or in boustrophedon. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Or consider the Etruscan habit of writing in "boustrophedon style.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
There's also the matter of the winding boustrophedon path of the pawns along the three rows of the board at least, according to Timothy Kendall's rules. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Whereas, false boustrophedon, alternate lines instead of having vertical orientation will curl around upside down, this also being called Schlangenschrift which means snake-writing. From Wordnik.com. [2007 October 02 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
The famous Sigean inscription is written in the most ancient of Greek letters, boustrophedon-wise; that is, the lines follow each other as oxen turn from one furrow to another in ploughing. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
This winding path is yet again an otherworldly symbolism and is related to the reason why ancient inscriptions in Etruria and in the Aegean area were sometimes written in a boustrophedon or spiral pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Explain to me the virtues of the vertical boustrophedon, 3or the treasures contained in the numeral ziruph, and in those of the numeral zephirod. From Wordnik.com. [I. The Abbot of St.-Martins. Book V] Reference
Boghaz-Keui, Mount Sipylus, the Pass of Karabel: all presented the same strange hieroglyphic characters, engraved in relief and in boustrophedon fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Which is according to them, a left to right written script, which is also often written boustrophedon That is probably true :)). From Wordnik.com. [Problems with Etruscan inscription TLE 890 (or with Etruscologists)] Reference
boustrophedon writes "The Buffalo News reports that. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
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