Abstract
The so-called ‘Nestor’s Cup’ is a drinking vessel from the late Geometric period (ca 730-710 BCE), which was discovered on the island of Ischia (Naples, Italy) in 1954. The cup bears a three-line inscription, which is probably the second oldest surviving Greek alphabetic text and apparently refers to figures of Greek epic poetry (Aphrodite, Nestor).
The so-called ‘Nestor’s Cup’ is a clay drinking cup (Rhodian-style kotyle/skyphos) from the late Geometric period (ca 730-710 BCE), which was discovered by G. Buchner in 1954 in a youn…