Statements (28)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:artifacts
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Iliad
Homeric epics |
gptkbp:currentLocation |
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Lacco_Ameno gptkb:Museo_Archeologico_di_Pithecusae |
gptkbp:date |
8th century BCE
|
gptkbp:decoratedWith |
geometric patterns
|
gptkbp:diameter |
about 10.3 cm
|
gptkbp:discoveredBy |
1954
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gptkbp:foundIn |
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Ischia gptkb:Pithekoussai |
gptkbp:height |
about 7 cm
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Nestor's Cup
|
gptkbp:inscription |
epigram
Reference to Nestor's cup from the Iliad |
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage |
gptkb:Greek
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gptkbp:literaryPeriod |
Greek Geometric period
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gptkbp:material |
gptkb:ceramics
|
gptkbp:notableFor |
one of the earliest known examples of Greek alphabetic writing
|
gptkbp:ownerAtDiscovery |
unknown
|
gptkbp:shape |
kotyle
|
gptkbp:significance |
important for the study of early Greek poetry and literacy
evidence of early Greek colonization in the West |
gptkbp:type |
drinking cup
|
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Pithecusae
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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