The Praeneste fibula (the "brooch of Palestrina") is a golden fibula or brooch, today housed in the Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography...

differences. The earliest known specimen of Latin seems to be on the Praeneste fibula. An analysis done in 2011 declared it to be genuine "beyond any reasonable...

Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; Ancient Greek: Πραίνεστος, Prainestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22...

The Old Latin inscription on the Praeneste fibula. The writing runs from right to left, unlike later Latin writing....

basically identical to that of archaic Latin. Consonants not found in the Praeneste fibula are marked with an asterisk. The /kʷ/ sound still existed in archaic...

The Praeneste fibula is believed to bear the oldest known Latin inscription. The inscription means "Manius made me for Numerius"....

of medial f, which Latin changed to b (FHEFHAKED /fefaked/ in the Praeneste fibula may be Proto-Latino-Faliscan); The palatalization of d followed by...

"to collect" (vs. gerō "to do, carry out") Latin-Faliscan Numasiōi (Praeneste fibula) > Numeriō "Numerius" Latin-Faliscan *pe-par-ai "I gave birth" > peperī...

Peter. She has also engaged in discussions on the authenticity of the Praeneste fibula, arguing that its inscription is a forgery. She was one of the top...

*fakiō, and the reduplicated form <FHEFHAKED> is also attested on the Praeneste fibula in Old Latin. In addition, there were some new innovations within the...