From Gabii And Gordion To Eretria And Methone: The Rise Of The Greek Alphabet

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A geometric graffito from Eretria

Two joining sherds of an East Greek ‘proto-Bird Bowl’, found in Dr Andreiomenou's excavations at Eretria, bear a three-line graffito text very similar in structure, if not in content, to that on Nestor's cup from Pithekoussai. The piece must be of approximately the same date.</jats:p