Oct 10, 2004 16:38
19 yrs ago
English term

carved in boustrophedon ...... limestone

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It is *carved in boustrophedon on the naturally smoothed surface of the limestone* (l. 0.90m., w. 0.25m.) but parts of the inscribed surface are missing. Dated to the Archaic period (700-600 B.C.).
Inscription in four lines. It is carved in boustrophedon on a rectangular iron-stone (l. 0.88m., w. 0.24m.) preserved in two pieces, with only part of the inscription. Dated to the Archaic period (7th-6th centuries B.C.).
Inscription in two lines. It is carved on the naturally smoothed surface of a rectangular limestone (l. 0.95m., w. 0.32m.). Dated to the Archaic period.

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De tekst is in boustrofedon-vorm in het natuurlijke, gladde oppervlak van de kalaksteen gegraveerd

Dikke vandalen:
boustrofedon
1832 ‹Gr. boustrophèdon (heen en teruglopend van schrift, eig. van ploegossen)
1 Ÿ schrijfwijze van inscripties waarbij de eerste regel van links naar rechts, de tweede van rechts naar links gelezen wordt en zo verder steeds om en om.

Internetreferentie:
het Atlantisch alfabet moest een voorloper lijken van andere schriftsoorten. De schriftvorm is "boustrofedon": de eerste regel wordt van links naar rechts geschreven, de tweede van rechts naar links, enzovoorts.)
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a form of writing

Boustrophedon text is a form of writing. Boustrophedon text is unique in having words go back and forth across the page, turning at the end of each row. In other words, one line is read from left to right, while the next line is read from right to left, and so on in that order.

Some ancient Greek texts were written in this way: the word boustrophedon is Greek for "turning of the ox"—the lines of the page shuttle backwards and forwards across the page in a manner thought to resemble the plowing of a field by an ox.

Boustrophedon text is a form of writing. Boustrophedon text is unique in having words go back and forth across the page, turning at the end of each row. In other words, one line is read from left to right, while the next line is read from right to left, and so on in that order.

Some ancient Greek texts were written in this way: the word boustrophedon is Greek for "turning of the ox"—the lines of the page shuttle backwards and forwards across the page in a manner thought to resemble the plowing of a field by an ox.
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agree Henk Peelen
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