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    A rhyton /ˈraɪˌtɒn, ˈraɪtən/ (pl.: rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta) is a roughly conical container from which fluids were intended to be...
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  • Rhyton is an American experimental psychedelic rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Rhyton was formed as an improvisational outfit by Dave Shuford, Jimy...
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    The Achaemenid Persian Lion Rhyton (Persian: تکوک شیر غران) is an ancient artifact related to Achaemenians. A rhyton is a kind of vessel which normally...
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  • The Silver Siege Rhyton is a silver vessel discovered in Shaft Grave IV of Grave Circle A at Mycenae and is dated to c. 1600–1500 BCE, or during the Late...
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    a beautiful young woman carrying a cornucopia, sceptre, and a torch or rhyton. She is usually said to be the daughter of Zeus and Themis and thus sister...
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    tanged point stone industry closely related to fishing. Ceramic rhyton Ceramic rhyton Rhyton Ceramic dish Impressed Ware Kakanj culture "Danilska kultura"...
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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art has in its collection a 1st-century rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat. The silver drinking vessel, which...
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    tiptoed or lightly balanced on one leg. One arm raises a drinking horn (rhyton) aloft as if to offer a toast or libation; the other bears a shallow libation...
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    techniques. Another example piece using this technique is The Stag’s Head Rhyton, dating to around 400 BCE, which is made from a silver sheet and features...
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    this purpose. Ancient Greek religious practices included libations. The rhyton was one cup used for libations. The measuring cup, an adaptation of a simple...
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    and burial urns called larnakes. Several pottery shapes, especially the rhyton cup, were also produced in soft stones such as steatite, but there was almost...
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    different regions. Kantharos, drinking cup with large handles, originally the rhyton (drinking horn from a bull), later a kylix, or wine goblet Thyrsus, long...
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    An Achaemenid rhyton, or drinking vessel...
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    Two winged bulls are guarding a sacred tree, on a rhyton from Marlik, Iran, currently at the National Museum of Iran...
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    Minoan rhyton from the Palace of Zakros, depicting a rocky landscape with Cretan goats....
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    to 1450 BCE from the palace of Zakros, including: Rock crystal rhyton Bull's head rhyton Pottery with floral and marine motifs Covers findings from 1700...
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    kerata, "horn"). To be distinguished from the drinking-horn proper is the rhyton (plural rhyta), a drinking-vessel made in the shape of a horn with an outlet...
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    the beard are nearly the same as the mane and locks of the gold lion-head rhyton from Shaft Grave IV. Schliemann's duplicity, they claim, has been greatly...
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    Achaemenid rhyton from Erebuni...
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  • A Stag's Head Rhyton, dating to 400 B.C.E., first appeared without provenance on the international art market after looting in Milas, Turkey. In March...
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    Late Minoan IB (1925-1875 B.C.E.) Rhyton found at Gournia. The ovoid Rhyton is abstract and geometrically styled....
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    or the goddess granting power to the youth with the rhyton. Although the youth with the rhyton was visually similar to that of the male figure of the...
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  • silver rhyton discovered in the Karagodeuashkh Kurgan [ru], depicting two bearded adult mounted horsemen. One of the horsemen holds a rhyton in his right...
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    adorned by a group including Dionysos, Pan and a Satyr; Dionysos holds a rhyton in the shape of a panther; traces of red and yellow colour are preserved...
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    terracotta figurines Kernos Kykeon Loutrophoros Omphalos Panathenaic amphora Rhyton Sacrificial tripod Sceptre Thymiaterion Magic Apotropaic magic Curse tablet...
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    adorned by a group including Dionysos, Pan and a Satyr; Dionysos holds a rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a panther; traces of red and yellow colour...
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    depictions of farming scenes also appear on the Harvester Vase (an egg-shaped rhyton), which depicts 27 men led by another carrying bunches of sticks to beat...
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    and B at Mycenae, including the Mask of Agamemnon, Silver Siege Rhyton, Bulls-head rhyton, and gold Nestor's Cup. The chemical compositions of the silver...
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    Rhyton in the shape of a ram's head, gold – western Iran –, late 7th–early 6th century BCE...
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    Dynasty 18. Steatite. Cleveland Museum of Art. 1391 BCE to 1353 BCE Ceramic rhyton in the form of a hedgehog. Mycenaean. 14th to 13th century BCE Hedgehog...
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