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Expert: Maria - 10/30/2009
Question
I am actually looking for how the letters were written in the 3rd or 4th century BC. Can you refer me to a site where I can see the actual way the characters were written?
Many thanks,
Answer
Hello,
the actual way the Latin characters were written in the 4th century / 3rd century B.C. is just the Old Latin alphabet, also called Early Latin or Archaic Latin, as I wrote in my previous answer, i.e. the following:
A B C D E F Z H I K L M N O P Q R S T VX (21 capital letters)
A b c d e f z h I k l m n o p q r s t v x (21 small letters).
For example, you can see these characters used in three inscriptions which date back to the 4th century / 3rd century BC.
Here they are:
1- The Law of the Twelve Tables (Lex Duodecim Tabularum), i.e. the ancient Roman legislation (from 449 BC onwards).
See at http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lsante05/LegesXII/leg_ta01.html
2-The epitaph of Lucius Cornelius Scipio (consul 259 BC). See at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sepolcro_scipioni,_iscrizione_B,_lucio_corneli...
3-The epitaph of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (c. 280 BC).
See at http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Scipio-tomb.jpg
As for a website where you can see the Old Latin alphabet, I’m sorry, but there is no site I can suggest.
Best regards,
Maria
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