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Boustrophedon

 Type(s): Direction of writing

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  • Boustrophedon
 

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  • Description
    • A writing direction used in some ancient Greek writing, where lines alternate between being written left-to-right and right-to-left. The word comes from the way oxen turn at the end of each row when ploughing.
  
Object id: 1020
Item identifier(s):
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