Inscription at Gortys. This is the law code dating from about 500BC. It is written in Doric Cretan and lines run alternatively from left to right and right to left (boustrophedon). Crete Greece

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Inscription at Gortys. This is the law code dating from about 500BC. It is written in Doric Cretan and lines run alternatively from left to right and right to left (boustrophedon). Crete Greece

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