17-10-2016, 12:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-10-2016, 02:00 PM by Koen G.
Edit Reason: corrected second point
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For right to left, I must say I have little evidence and nothing that would be convincing to others. But here are my reasons:
- In my previous interpretations of narratives in the imagery, right to left seems to be preferred.
- Before left to right became the norm, often the way figures were facing was the direction an image (or hieroglyphs) was intended to be read. Since three consecutive figures on the right face left, that would be the most likely direction.
- On the right, the one figure running away from the other one and getting stuck just seems like such a good enticing incident to sart a narrative
Edit:
Also, I see a somewhat logical sequence in the right to left story but have a hard time seeing how it would work left to right.
- In my previous interpretations of narratives in the imagery, right to left seems to be preferred.
- Before left to right became the norm, often the way figures were facing was the direction an image (or hieroglyphs) was intended to be read. Since three consecutive figures on the right face left, that would be the most likely direction.
- On the right, the one figure running away from the other one and getting stuck just seems like such a good enticing incident to sart a narrative
Edit:
Also, I see a somewhat logical sequence in the right to left story but have a hard time seeing how it would work left to right.