Sator

SATOR

SATOR has been eluded with mystery since the early times... The SATOR Square is Square is a word a word square containing square containing a Latin palindrome featuring the words

SATOR

AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS written OTAS written in a square so that they may be read top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top, left-to-right, and right-to-left. The earliest nown appearance of the square was found in the ruins of !erculaneum which was buried in the ash of "t. #esu$ius in %& A'.

TRANSLATION: The usual translation is as follows( Sator  )Sower), )planter)  Arepo Liely an in$ented proper name* its similarity with arrepo, arrepo, from ad repo, repo, )+ creep towards), is coincidental Tenet  )!e holds) Opera )ors), )cares), )efforts) Rotas   )heels) Two possible translations of the phrase are )The sower Arepo holds the wheels with effort) and )The sower Arepo leads with his hand wor the plough wheels.) /. . /eram read the square boustrophedon in alternating directions, with tenet repeated. This produces Sator opera tenet * tenet opera sator , translated( )The 0reat Sower holds in his hand all wors* all wors the 0reat Sower holds in his hand.)

(FROM WIKIPEDIA) WIKIPEDIA) +t is possible to write a hori1ontal and a $ertical )2ater 3oster) with the letters of the sator square, forming a 0ree cross. The two As and two Os which remain are then taen as Alpha and Omega. Another claim is that the words are ar e a list of the 4mystical names4 for the nails pulled from /hrist)s body. The associations indicate the square may ha$e been a safe, hidden way for early /hristians to signal their presence to each other in a city without e5posing themsel$es to persecution. The Sator Square unco$ered in "anchester has been interpreted as early e$idence for the arri$al of /hristianity in 6ritain.

PRACTICAL USE OF SATOR SQUARE: 7. ;. <. =.

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