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Nestor's cup, Pithekoussai (Naples, Italy). 700 - 750 BCE. Famous for featuring a written reference to King Nestor of Homer's Iliad, the inscription is one of the earliest surviving examples of the Greek alphabet. http://emilyshauser.weebly.com/hocw100/hocw20-nestors-cup-from-pithekoussai-ischia-italy-circa-740-to-720-bce

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Nestor's cup, Pithekoussai (Naples, Italy). 700 - 750 BCE. Famous for featuring a written reference to King Nestor of Homer's Iliad, the inscription is one of the earliest surviving examples of the Greek alphabet. http://emilyshauser.weebly.com/hocw100/hocw20-nestors-cup-from-pithekoussai-ischia-italy-circa-740-to-720-bce

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