Ancient Greek inscriptions were sometimes written like a plowing ox

Boustrophedon writing — used in early Greek inscriptions, Etruscan, Hittite, and even Easter Island's rongorongo script — alternates direction every line, right to left then left to right, often mirroring the letters themselves on the reverse lines. Its name literally means 'as the ox turns,' comparing the eye's path to a plow turning at the end of a furrow.

— Standard historical accounts of ancient Greek and Etruscan epigraphy, Boustrophedon — Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Hittite inscriptions, c. 8th–5th century BCE