Nestor's Cup (inscription)
Pithekoussai, 750 BCEThis inscription, from the Archaic age of Greece, is one of the most ancient discovered inscriptions written in the Greek alphabet.
Greek:Νεστορος : ε[ιμ?]ι[c] : ευποτ[ον] : ποτεριον :
ͱος δ'α<ν> τοδε π[ιε]σι : ποτερι[ο] : αυτικα κενον
ͱιμερ[ος ͱαιρ]εσει : καλλιστε[φα]νο : Αφροδιτες
Eng:I am the cup of Nestor good for drinking.
Whoever drinks from this cup, desire for beautifully
crowned Aphrodite will seize him instantly.
