Property:direction

From Lexicon Leponticum

Description:	Specifies the direction of writing of the inscription.
Type:	String
Allows value:	sinistroverse, dextroverse, boustrophedon, ambiguous, unknown

The value of this property refers to the inscription in its entirety. Individual letters may display an orientation that goes against the overall orientation of the text. The direction in which an inscription is written may be difficult to determine on occasion.

Statistics

Number of pages in the Category:Inscription (441) per "direction":

direction	occurrence
sinistroverse		202	45.80 %	show list
dextroverse		165	37.41 %	show list
boustrophedon		1	0.22 %	show page
ambiguous		38	8.61 %	show list
unknown		35	7.93 %	show list

 

Portion of "sinistroverse" and "dextroverse" inscriptions per period:

sortdate	sinistroverse			dextroverse		all
-720+	0			0		0
-670+	2	100.00 %		0	0.00 %	2
-620+	4	100.00 %		0	0.00 %	4
-570+	2	25.00 %		4	50.00 %	8
-520+	8	53.33 %		5	33.33 %	15
-470+	17	77.27 %		2	9.09 %	22
-420+	19	79.16 %		4	16.66 %	24
-370+	10	71.42 %		2	14.28 %	14
-320+	8	80.00 %		1	10.00 %	10
-270+	11	84.61 %		2	15.38 %	13
-220+	3	60.00 %		0	0.00 %	5
-170+	9	47.36 %		4	21.05 %	19
-120+	52	38.80 %		60	44.77 %	134
-70+	22	31.88 %		37	53.62 %	69
-20+	1	7.69 %		10	76.92 %	13
30+	1	8.33 %		9	75.00 %	12
80+	0			0		0
130+	0			0		0

Arithmetic mean: -232.80588235294 (sin.) vs. -113.27142857143 (dex.), Median: -150 (sin.) vs. -75 (dex.)

Map

sinistroverse; dextroverse; other

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