Attic drinking vessel (rhyton)

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Israelite & Persian Periods
Attic drinking vessel (rhyton)

Attic drinking vessel (rhyton)

Sepphoris

Persian period, 4th century BCE

Pottery

H: 29.5; W: 19.7; Diam: 17.9 cm

Israel Antiquities Authority

IAA:

1979-356

Archaeology/Israelite & Persian Periods

This vessel, made in Greece, imitates gold or silver rhytons originating in Persia. Its lower part is in the shape of a lion-headed horse. The wine flowed out of a perforation between the animal’s front legs.