English: Detail from the Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum. One of the oldest known examples of writing in the Latin language.
Français : Detail du Lapis Niger sur le Forum Romanum. Une des plus anciennes inscriptions latines .
Italiano: Lapis Niger - uno dei più antichi esempi di scrittura in lingua latina.
Latina: Lapis Niger (pars) - unum antiquissimorum exemplorum Latinae Linguae.
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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.
Lapis Niger from Forum Romanum. Oldest known example of writing in Latin language. <br> ''Lapis Niger - antiquissimum exemplum Latinae Linguae.'' From Latin Wikipedia: la:Imago:Lapis-niger.jpg {{PD-Art}} Category:Latin writing