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Ram-Head Drinking Vessel, c. 600 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Ram-Head Drinking Vessel, c. 600 BC. Creator: Unknown.

2-738-954 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Ram-Head Drinking Vessel, c. 600 BC. 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.

Image Details

Medium
  1. Silver
Picture Type
  1. Metalwork

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5715x4155
File Size : 69,568kb

Aliases

  1. 1963.479
  1. 139702
  1. 0940016864
  1. 1963.479
  1. 2-738-954
  1. 2738954

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