Lapis-niger.jpg
Summary
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English: Detail from the Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum. One of the oldest known examples of writing in the Latin language.
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Français : Detail du Lapis Niger sur le Forum Romanum. Une des plus anciennes inscriptions latines .
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Italiano: Lapis Niger - uno dei più antichi esempi di scrittura in lingua latina.
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Latina: Lapis Niger (pars) - unum antiquissimorum exemplorum Latinae Linguae.
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Photograph.
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Transcription.
Source
John Edwin Sandys, "Epigraphy", in A Companion to Latin Studies (ed. John Edwin Sandys), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1913; p. 732, plate 107.
This, in turn, credits Domenico Comparetti (1835-1927), Iscrizione arcaica del Foro Romano , Firenze, 1900.
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