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Messapian Zeus: An Early sixth-century inscribed cup from Lakonia
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Fragments of a large Black-Glazed Cup with part of an incised inscription are published. A datec.590—570 is suggested. A second, slightly earlier cup from the Menelaion is included. The inscription refers to the cult of Zeus Messapeus attested in the sources. Discussion centres on the location of the cult-place and the origin of the cult. It is suggested that it derives from the region of Messapia in South Italy where the Spartan colony of Taras was situated.
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Title: Messapian Zeus: An Early sixth-century inscribed cup from Lakonia
Description:
Fragments of a large Black-Glazed Cup with part of an incised inscription are published.
A datec.
590—570 is suggested.
A second, slightly earlier cup from the Menelaion is included.
The inscription refers to the cult of Zeus Messapeus attested in the sources.
Discussion centres on the location of the cult-place and the origin of the cult.
It is suggested that it derives from the region of Messapia in South Italy where the Spartan colony of Taras was situated.
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