# The block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom.

> Most likely: The block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom.

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Answer · Cascajal block and Isthmian writing

# The block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom.

The block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Repeated sequences align in columns.
- Paired signs such as CS6 and CS28 run across column breaks in the proposed order.

## What would rule it out

- Under rotation, repeated sequences break apart.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Repeated sequences and layout favour a column format like later Mesoamerican scripts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/evidence/EVD0CYBC4ZC0Q5N/repeated-sequences-and-layout-favour-a-column-format-like)

Suggestive

FOR

[The pelt and paw signs, often adjacent, continue into the next column under this order.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/evidence/EVD0CYBC5762QXN/the-pelt-and-paw-signs-often-adjacent-continue-into-the-next)

Speculative

FOR

## The questions it answers

[How is the Cascajal text laid out and read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/questions/QST0CYBBY4M58X1/how-is-the-cascajal-text-laid-out-and-read)

Part of [Is the Cascajal inscription writing?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cascajal-block/questions/QST0CYBBXD674WZ/is-the-cascajal-inscription-writing)

Most likelyThe block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The block should be rotated 90 degrees and read in columns, left to right and top to bottom. [Answer ANS0CYBC4QJ6B9F]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CYBC4QJ6B9F
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**ANS** 0CYBC4QJ6B9F

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