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Etruscan texts were typically written from right to left. Occasionally, however, the script appears in boustrophedon style, a method where the direction of writing alternates between right-to-left and left-to-right with each successive line.1
This writing system, which was derived from the Greek alphabet, eventually served as the foundation for other Italic scripts, including the Latin alphabet.1