Nestor_Cup_Cumae.jpg
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Summary
"Nestor's Cup" inscription, Cumae alphabet, 8th century BC from a Greek vase from Pithikoussai, the older Greek colony in Magna Graecia and Sicily, related to, and often confused with, Cumae.
upper half: drawing of the state of the original inscription; lower half: restoration
Original:
- ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣ:.....:ΕΥΠΟΤ..:ΠΟΤΕΡΙΟ.
- ΗΟΣΔΑΤΟΔΕΠ....:ΠΟΤΕΡΙ.(.):ΗΥΤΙΚΑΚΕΝΟΝ
- ΗΙΜΕΡ.....ΕΣΕΙ:ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΕ..ΝΟ:ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΕΣ
Restored:
- Νεστορος [ἐρροι] εὐποτ[ον] ποτηριο[ν]
- ὁσδα τοδε π[ιεσι] ποτηρι[ο] ηὐτικα κενον
- ἱμερ[ος αἱρ]εσει καλλιστε[φα]νο Ἀφροδιτες
Source
http://www1.union.edu/~wareht/greek3/writing_nestor.jpg
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See also
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The so-called Nestor's cup from Pithikoussai