Re: boustrophedon more current, not ancient?

[Robin Cover]

See Naveh and others on proto-Canaanite writing - "vertical
boustrophedon" is a common locution.  Vertical alphabetic
apparently dropped out of use by about 1100 BCE.

- Robin Cover

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On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Michael Everson wrote:

> Ar 13:02 -0800 2000-12-20, scr�obh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> >I have never heard of
> >boustrophedon used for vertical text.
> 
> Neither have I.
> 
> ME
> 
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