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.
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