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    Posted: 21-Apr-2014 at 05:23
It looks like Z also.SmileExceptional shelter or Military shelter?!?Whatever it is it is a logical shelter!
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Originally posted by Sidney

Looking at this page - http://www.duepassinelmistero.com/Il%20Magico%20quadrato,%20SATOR....htm
it seems that the earliest examples (including the two found at Pompeii) read;

R O T A S
O P E R A
T E N E T
A R E P O
S A T O R

Even sites that claim to be telling you that the square reads SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS actually illustrate the article with the 'ROTAS first' square (as above).

Would this reversal in word order alter the translation, and why has the 'SATOR first' version become more popular as the definition/interpretation?

I would guess that the predominance of the "Sator" appellation is simply due to a popular preference for alliteration. 
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It could be!Rotas is inverse of Sator!
 
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Opera is inverse of Arepo!
Only Tenet has no inverse word!Tenet is inverse to itself!
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Posts: 17084 		  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-May-2014 at 06:27
In other words those are palindromes!Big smile
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