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Wild Boar silver-gilt rhyton
Sasanian Empire
600 CE

A rhyton is a ritual drinking vessel.
The Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire. Zoroastrianism was the state religion. Conquered by Arab-Muslim invaders in 651 CE.

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February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Persian Lion Griffin (fragment of a Rhyton), found in the Black Sea region
Achaemenid period 5th - 4th century BCE
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Persian Lion Griffin (fragment of a Rhyton), found in the Black Sea region.
Achaemenid period 5th - 4th century BC.
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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I bloody love this piece of metalwork... and I also think he looks like Bebop from TMNT. Wild Boar Silver-Gilt Rhyton
Sasanian Empire 5th-6th century A.D.
February 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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You may be able to get a piece created to order, if you really want one. I got a dog rhyton made (pic in my next post) from these folks. It took months, but it's really cute. www.reannagteine.com/default.html
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February 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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Bacchus by Hendrich Goltzius, c. 1600 (engraving)
#HendrichGoltzius #bacchus #dionysos #dionysus #engraving #art #mannerism
A classical depiction of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, in a half-length oval format. He is shown with a muscular physique, grapevines adorning his hair, and holding a drinking vessel (a rhyton) above his head. To his right, a smaller figure (a putto or satyr) is eating grapes. The intricate background and detailed shading showcase the artist's skill in the Mannerist style.
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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This latest volume in "Archaeology of Biblical Worlds" presents the excavation report from Tel Nagila, an important Middle Bronze Age site and a Judahite site during Iron Age II.
#ANE #Judaism

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Book cover. Overlapping areas of charcoal and tan with white and black text. In top area, background image faded in of an archaeological cite. Center-right image of clay pot with bull art. Icon in lower right corner. View of Selected Middle Bronze Age Vessels. Picture of four bone inlays Side view of the bull-shaped rhyton.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
Drinking vessel in the form of the head of a black terrier-type dog, its eyes looking up and ears flattened back appealingly. Behind the head is the wide rim, in red figured ware: red image of a man holding a long, dotted object (probably a tray) and sitting on a cushion, with other figured decoration visible. A large handle is visible behind head and rim, used for drinking and keeping the rhyton stable when empty, sitting longways.
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Rhyton in the Form of the Head of an African https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/290516
Carefully formed face with African features. Top of head and entire right side of face is missing. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
January 23, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Here’s a favorite of mine. Very difficult to find at the Villa Giulia in Rome. He’s a very good boy.
Animal-headed terracotta rhyton (drinking horn) in the shape of a dog’s head. The dog’s fur is black, and his nose and the two dots over his eyes (like a Doberman) are orange. His eyes are white with orange irises and black pupils. His ears are brown with red inside, and he has them crinkled against his head, looking very worried. There’s a red-figure Dionysian symposium scene on the bell/collar of the horn, with men drinking and playing the lyre. Villa Giulia, Rome.
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
chapps.bsky.social
Well, I’m sure that joke was used more than once. And I’m sure the other drinkers made jokes about how the person hefting a certain rhyton resembled or acted like a donkey, or ram, or dog.
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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And I totally forgot that I photographed that rhyton at the Art Institute of Chicago!

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This drinking cup could not have been set down without its contents spilling. It is fashioned after the head of a bridled donkey with a white muzzle, teeth, and ears. Like the naked satyr chasing a fleeing maenad on the vessel’s neck, the donkey belongs to the retinue of the wine god Dionysos. Greek, from Athens, ca. 480-470 BCE. Attributed to the Painter of London E 55 (Manner of Douris). Said to be from Nola. Art Institute of Chicago (1905.345)
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
chapps.bsky.social
Ha, no it's something I read about many years ago. But I think the 'masking' while drinking is written about in antiquity - I've never seen a representation of it in Greek art, though. The handle is always at the bottom of the protome, so that the drinker becomes the animal. 🍷

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This magnificent terracotta rhyton (drinking horn) is in the shape of a black horse’s head. It features a highly sculptural painted relief of an Amazon fighting a griffin on the bell. She’s down on the ground, held down by the griffin’s paw, but she’s got a sword in her right hand. The horse seems to reflect the terror of the situation, with its wild eyes and open mouth. The horse’s red (leather) reins with golden floral disks at the junctures are a particularly nice touch. Greek, from Ruvo, Italy. Mid-4th century BCE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Santangelo collection Great Greece (Magna Grecia) collection (inv. Stg. 66) This braying terracotta donkey-head rhyton, its ears held back and down, was previously in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and returned to Italy in 2008 as looted art. It was originally found in a tomb in Southern Italy, a hotbed for looters (tombarelli). Now in the Greek Galleries (Magna Grecia) at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (Naples National Archaeological Museum). Made in Greece, ca. 475 BCE.
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Well, if it's a donkey you're after, then you might be interested in this two-handled kantharos-rhyton.

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Black-figure kantharos-rhyton with a donkey head
This black-figure terracotta kantharos-rhyton has a sculpted donkey-head attachment and Dionysian figures around the body of the vessel. In fact, on the rear of the cup Dionysos is shown riding on an ...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Mr. Rhyton is sitting drinking claret in the drawing room. 🤣
January 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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"Greek Rhyton" is a good character name in a mystery novel
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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Is it a Greek rhyton or is it Tilly?
Tilly, the bluetick coonhound in profile with a big snout and large ears and brown face going down into her model black-and-white body. There are brown cabinets behind her.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Weekend timeline cleanse!

A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶

Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down

Dating ca. 475 BC.

📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
Pottery drinking cup shaped like an animal’s head. The vessel is glossy black, featuring a rounded snout, raised eyes, and a handle. A red-digured banquet scene encircles the lower part. The cup is photographed against a plain light background
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 AM
chapps.bsky.social
Yes, the ram was a favorite symbol of strength, among other attributes, in the Greek and Roman cultures (and Assyrian, et al). My favorite representation is probably a ram-headed rhyton - a drinking cup - like the one below.

Greek, from Apulia, Italy, ca. 370-350 BCE. 🏺

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Apulian red-figured rhyton in the form of a ram's head. The design is red on a black ground, with white accessories. The ram's head is black, the horns left in the color of the clay and marked with red transverse lines; the cornea of the eye yellow with black spots, the pupil black. Round the lip, egg-moulding; on either side of the design, palmettes. The joke here is that when you drink, your face is hidden and you have instead the face of an animal. A good laugh at a symposium. On the drinking end, the bell, the youthful Dionysos is seated on a cushion to left, wearing a white fillet and wreath, and holding a thyrsos in his hand. At his further side is a cottabos-stand, to which is attached a white taenia (ribbon or fillet). Before him is a Satyr dancing - he wears a white fillet and a string of beads over his left shoulder.
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
chapps.bsky.social
No, a Greek vessel will always include a complete scene, and the lids - if there are lids - have their own designs. This was a logical way for the owner to continue using his rhyton. I presume the rim had a significant break, so a professional shaved it down and smoothed out the edge.
January 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Yes, it’s a nice detail. The Greek word for this kind of folding stool is diphros. The one on the rhyton is covered in a panther skin, a symbol of Dionysos.
January 11, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Dionysos has gone California blonde! 🏄‍♂️ Part of a rhyton (drinking horn), he's shown seated and holding a keras (horn) with strangely headless gods. The rim must have broken and been shaved down in antiquity. The yellow hair probably mimics gilded statues of the god. 🏺 1/

Greek, 500-490 BCE. 📸 me
Red-figure terracotta rhyton (drinking cup) supported in the lap of a blonde Dionysos. The scene on the bell of the drinking horn has been cut off by about a third - probably damaged in antiquity then cut off evenly in order to continue its use. The figures on the bell include Hermes (his name roughly inscribed, Έ]ρμής) holding a caduceus; Aphrodite in a long chiton, holding a tiny black swan; Apollo, playing a large kithara (his name inscribed, AΠOΛΛON, Άπόλλων); and, lastly, Artemis, playing on castanets (her name also inscribed, Αρ]τεμις). The cup is one-handled and in the form of a keras, a horn, supported on the knees of a blonde-bearded man in a long-sleeved chiton, himation, and shoes, and seated on a diphros (a folding stool without back and with four turned legs) covered with a panther-skin, a symbol of Dionysos. The figure of the man is painted in various colors, now more or less faded, direct on the clay. The flesh has been vermilion; the eyes white with black outline, the eyeball black, with perhaps a white ring around the pupil; the beard is modelled, with wavy black lines on the clay; the chiton purple, the himation sea-green, and shoes white, with details in fine black lines. Greek, made in Attica, probably Athens, about 500-490 BCE. Found in Capua, Campania. Height: 24.13 cm (9.5 in.) British Museum, London (1873,0820.267)
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Rhyton with female head https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/328840
Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Teresa Sackler and Family, and 2000 Benefit Fund, 2001
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM