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title: Nestor's Cup
author: Antonius Proximo
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3465/nestors-cup/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Nestor's Cup
_Authored by Antonius Proximo_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3465.jpg)
## Image Caption
Drinking Cup known as the Nestor's Cup found in the ancient [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) site of Pithekoussai on the island of Ischia in [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/), dated to c. 740 BCE. The cup has letters that are considered one of the oldest known examples of the use of the [Greek alphabet](https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Alphabet/). Today the cup is kept in the Villa Arbusto museum in the village of Lacco Ameno (Ischia, Italy).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Proximo, A. (2015, January 02). Nestor's Cup. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Proximo, Antonius. "Nestor's Cup." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 02, 2015. .
### MLA
Proximo, Antonius. "Nestor's Cup." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Jan 2015, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorbecher#mediaviewer/File:Nestor%27s_Cup_Ischia_Front.jpg) by **Antonius Proximo**. Submitted by [Cristian Violatti](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/violatti/ "User Page: Cristian Violatti"), published on 02 January 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.