The Nestor Cup

 

Rhodian late Geometric kotyle with Euboic inscription; last quarter 8th century bce; Ischia, Museo Archeologico di Pitecusa, cat. #21; image source

 

The inscription transcribed from the cup

 

The inscription restored; it reads:

N°storow: [...]: eÎpot[on]: pot°rion

how d' én tode p¤esi: poter¤[o]: aÈt¤ka kenon

h¤merow hair°sei: kalliste[fãn]o: 'Afrod¤tew

(for English translation, see Fine p. 70)

 

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Image Source: Caratelli, ed., The Western Greeks, Bompiani, 1996, p. 188.