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Many ancient Greek inscriptions use a method of writing called boustrophedon, or “ox-turning,” in which every other line of text is inverted.

Left to right, right to left, perhaps both like writing called “boustrophedon” — back and forth, as an ox plows?

It is noteworthy that the inscriptions, with the exception of the bowl brought from Babylon, are all in relief and boustrophedon.

Some writing systems, like the ancient Greeks’ boustrophedon, in which alternate lines are read in opposite directions, appear to actually support these pre-literay inclinations.

You dimly discern the majestic form of a venerable man stooping above a coffer of cedar and ivory, carved with the exploits of the goddess, and with boustrophedon inscriptions.