File:Forum inscription.jpg

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This is a turn-of-the-century rubbing of the Forum inscription ("lapis Niger"), which dates to the 5th century BCE and is one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions.

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    Photograph.
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    Transcription.

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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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The author died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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