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Source Description
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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Document identity
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139702
label
Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
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object
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1
Source metadata
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139702
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object
title
Ram-Head Drinking Vessel
description
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.
date
c. 600 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80037060
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Metalwork
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 30.3 x 19.8 x 18.7 cm (11 15/16 x 7 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
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Iran, Median
accession
1963.479
Source extras
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silver
tombstone
Ram-Head Drinking Vessel, c. 600 BCE. Iran, Median. Silver; overall: 30.3 x 19.8 x 18.7 cm (11 15/16 x 7 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1963.479
collection
Near Eastern Art
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 12
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Four Early Silver Objects from Iran.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 2 (1966): 38–50.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 47-48, figs. 13-14
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 12
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 5
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:09:00.188000
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139702
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Near Eastern Art
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silver
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0
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photo
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