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Italiano: Autore: Filippo Di Iorio

Descrizione: Fotografia della Coppa di Nestore, Museo di Villa Arbusto, Lacco Ameno, Ischia

Licenza d'uso: Rilascio l'immagine nel pubblico dominio
English: Author: Filippo Di Iorio

The so-called Nestor's Cupe from Pithikoussai: a drinking cup (Skyphos/Kotyle) that was found in 1954 in a grave in the ancient Greek site of Pithikoussai on the island of Ischia in Italy (the earliest Greek colony in the West). Dated to the Geometric Period (c. 750-700 BCE), it's believed to have been originally manufactured in Rhodes. It is now kept in the Villa Arbusto museum in the village of Lacco Ameno on the island of Ischia.

It bear one of the oldest known Greek alphabet inscription, the oldest being found in Gabii (near Rome)
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