Description: Il quadrato del Sator una ricorrente iscrizione latina in forma di quadrato magico composta dalle cinque seguenti parole SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS La loro giustapposizione nellordine indicato d luogo a un palindromo vale a dire una frase che rimane identica se letta da sinistra a destra o viceversa Liscrizione stata oggetto di frequenti ritrovamenti archeologici sia in epigrafi lapidee sia in graffiti ma il senso e il significato simbolico rimangono ancora oscuri nonostante le numerose ipotesi formulateIn particular this is a square 2D palindrome which is when a square text admits four symmetries identity two diagonal reflections and 180 degree rotation As can be seen the text may be read toptobottom bottomtotop lefttoright or righttoleft and it may be rotated 180 degrees and still be read in all those waysThe Sator Square is the earliest dateable 2D palindrome It was found in the ruins of Pompeii at Herculaneum a city buried in the ash of Mount Vesuvius It consists of a sentence written in Latin Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas Its translation has been the subject of speculation with no clear consensus see below for details
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Date: 2017-07-15
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