Cleveland Museum of Art
Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
- Date
- c. 600 BCE
- Medium
- silver
- Culture
- Iran, Median
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 139702
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The Medes, who conquered the Assyrians, were soon conquered by the Achaemenian Cyrus the Great, king of Persia from 559 to 529 BC. The rhyton, or horn-shaped drinking vessel, popular among the Medes, was adopted by the Achaemenians.
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