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rhyton /ˈraɪˌtɒn, ˈraɪtən/ (pl.:
rhytons or,
following the Gr**** plural,
rhyta) is a
roughly conical container from
which fluids were
intended to be drunk...
- 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 at the pointed...
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following also are
conical rhyta, or
drinking cups, in
steatite and also
imitated in ceramic. (Example) Some of the
rhyta are
ornate libation vessels...
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fronting the plateia) or
paved with
stone slabs (House of the
Rhyta). In the
House of the
Rhyta,
there was a
kitchen space below, too
substantial for the...
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Thracian rhyta and horns. pp. 137–161.
Ebbinghaus (1998).
Earlier discussion of the Near Eastern, Anatolian, Gr****,
Scythian and
Thracian rhyta and horns...
- The
treasure consists of a
table set of five silver-gilt items:
Three rhyta, each a
different size, and with a
different base. The
largest has a figure...
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after his sentencing. The
courts forced him from office, and his wife,
Rhyta, won her husband's seat in a
special election. He was
succeeded in the New...
- horns,
common in the Near East and
ancient Greece.
Early Iranians used
rhyta with an
animal head at the end of the vessel;
later in the
Achaemenid period...
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perhaps made
specially to be
grave goods. The most
elaborate palace vases are
rhyta,
probably for libations, some
shaped into
sculptural forms such as animal...
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Bosporan kingdom, and much of the
grave goods, such as
finely decorated vases,
rhyta, toreutics,
headgear and
footwear for the
Scythian aristocracy, jewellery...
