They excavated Phidias’ work shop at Olympia where he created the statue of Zeus.
Beneath all the dirt etc. they found a cup and it said “this is Phidias’ cup” of course in Greek. He probably did not want anyone else using it.
It happened, but that’s rare. A cup was found in Britain that had the inscription, “Alfred made me” (or had me made).
Archaeology meets mythology in Mycenean Pylos (King Nestor)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2337119/posts
The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1202723/posts
The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1290075/posts
Greek treasures unearthed (Minoans, Linear A, Linear B)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1521086/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pylos/index