Rhyton, 6th century BC Bayraklı – Smyrna

Rython. 6th century BC. From the old Smyrna-Izmir. From the Wikipedia: A rhyton (plural rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation. Rhytons were very common in ancient Persia, where they were called takuk (تکوک). The English word rhyton originates in the ancient Greek word ῥυτόν (rhŭtón).