Rhyton
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A rhyton is a roughly conical container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured in some ceremony such as libation, or merely at table; in other words, a cup. A rhyton is typically
Golden rhyton from Iran's Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), excavated at Ecbatana, kept at the National Museum of Iran.
Silver rhyton with goat protome and death of Orpheus, c. 420–410 BC, housed in the Vassil Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria. The horn in a continuous and graceful curve makes a right-angled bend. Its lower two thirds are covered by flutes with arc-shaped upper tips. A figural scene below the flaring rim represents the murder of Orpheus. The musician is the central figure, fallen to his right knee, flanked by three attacking Thracian women. He holds a six-string lyre on his right hand and with his left one, wrapped in his mantle, a knobbed wooden stick, with which he tries vainly to protect himself.
A rhyton drinking vessel with animal details; such vessels were widely produced in Persia during the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), though the lifelike animal details as seen in this one date from the later Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 224).
A rhyton wine horn with lion protome, Iran, Parthian period, 1st century BC – 1st century AD, silver and gilt, housed in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Ecbatana
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Ecbatana was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. It was also an imp
Rhyton
…Rhyton Golden rhyton from Iran's Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), excavated at Ecbatana, kept at the National Museum of Iran. Material Ceramic, metal, horn, stone Size Cup-size for practical use, larger for ceremonial use, typically in a…
Archeological site of Ecbatana in 2017
Golden rhyton of ram's head, discovered in Ecbatana, kept at the Reza Abbasi Museum
Coin of Demetrius I, minted and discovered in Ecbatana.