rhyton

American  

[rahy-ton] / ˈraɪ tɒn /

noun

plural

rhyta

1. an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.

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rhyton British  

/ ˈraɪtɒn /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) a horn-shaped drinking vessel with a hole in the pointed end through which to drink

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Etymology

Origin of rhyton

1840–50; < Greek rhytón, noun use of neuter of rhytós flowing, akin to rheîn to flow

Example Sentences

A ceremonial libations vessel, or rhyton, that depicts a stag’s head, purchased from the Merrin Gallery of Manhattan for $2.6 million in November 1991.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

Before them kneels another figure with the face, pointed animal ears and hair of a Greco-Roman satyr, yet he drinks from a Greco-Persian vessel called a rhyton, made of a beast's head and neck.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only similar piece of silver-work known is the bull's-head rhyton in the Hermitage Collection, St. Petersburg.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

A man, bearded, reclines on a couch, and holds up a rhyton in his right hand.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

He has a cup in the left hand and a rhyton in the right hand.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.