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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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