Abstract
Three drinking vessels (rytha) were found in the Persian-period building at Tel Ya‘oz: an almost complete human-headed rython and two animal heads, of a ram and a lion. The anthropomorphic rython is undoubtedly the most extraordinary of the three. It is a local adaptation of an Achaemenid vessel that was used at royal banquets. Its Egyptian appearance might suggest that is was created by an Egyptian working on the Levantine coast, or by a Levantine trained in Egyptian iconography.
Keywords
Mediterranean coast, pottery, art, iconography, technology, prestige item
Recommended Citation
Ziffer, Irit; Kletter, Raz; and Segal, Orit
(2006)
"Drinking Vessels (Rytha) from Tel Ya‘oz (Hebrew, pp. 25*–37*; English summary, pp. 203–204),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 52, Article 52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2145
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol52/iss1/52
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