Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
Unknown Artist
c. 600 BCE
Medium
silver
Dimensions
30.3 × 19.8 × 18.7 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1963.479
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.