Praeneste fibula

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The Praeneste fibula is an ancient gold brooch famous for bearing one of the earliest known examples of Old Latin inscription.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient artifact
brooch
fibula
artifactType personal ornament
associatedName Manios NERFINISHED
Numasios NERFINISHED
associatedWith Praeneste NERFINISHED
chronology 7th century BCE
Orientalizing period
countryOfOrigin Italy
culture Italic
Latial culture NERFINISHED
currentCity Rome NERFINISHED
currentLocation Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini NERFINISHED
discoveredAt Palestrina NERFINISHED
estimatedDate c. 650 BCE
function garment fastener
hasDebate authenticity of inscription
hasFeature curved bow
pin and catch mechanism
hasInscription Manios med fhefhaked Numasioi NERFINISHED
hasScholarlyConsensus generally accepted as authentic after modern analyses
historicalPeriod early Roman Iron Age
inscriptionContent gift dedication by Manios to Numasios
inscriptionLanguage Old Latin
inscriptionMedium engraving on gold
inscriptionType dedicatory inscription
material gold
museumCollection Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini collection NERFINISHED
notableFor evidence for early Latin language
important for history of Latin epigraphy
one of the earliest known Old Latin inscriptions
region Latium NERFINISHED
relatedTo Italic epigraphy
Latin language history
archaeology of Praeneste
scriptDirection right-to-left
stylisticContext Orientalizing Italic goldwork
subjectOf archaeological research
linguistic studies of early Latin
paleographic studies
usedFor fastening clothing
writingSystem early Latin alphabet

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Praeneste hasArchaeologicalFind Praeneste fibula