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Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
c. 600 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
- Date Created: c. 600 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 30.3 x 19.8 x 18.7 cm (11 15/16 x 7 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.479
- Medium: silver
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Iran, Median, late 7th Century BC
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number: 1963.479
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