Nestor's Cup

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
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
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
gptkbp:literaryPeriod Greek Geometric period
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