Fresco of a figure carrying a cornucopia from Herculaneum. Throughout Pompeii and Herculaneum, the guardian deities (Lares) are often depicted holding rhytons or drinking horns, but the cornucopia signifies abundance and precedes our modern day ‘horn of plenty.’
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📸Steve Shriver
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November 28, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Fresco of a figure carrying a cornucopia from Herculaneum. Throughout Pompeii and Herculaneum, the guardian deities (Lares) are often depicted holding rhytons or drinking horns, but the cornucopia signifies abundance and precedes our modern day ‘horn of plenty.’
📸Steve Shriver
#Ancientbluesky 🏺
📸Steve Shriver
#Ancientbluesky 🏺
It's said to come from Vulci, presumably from an Etruscan tomb. Rhytons like this were often placed as grave goods, that's why quite a few have survived intact.
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
It's said to come from Vulci, presumably from an Etruscan tomb. Rhytons like this were often placed as grave goods, that's why quite a few have survived intact.
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Youth of Rhytons: Freely express your genuine affection and loving kindness.
Six of Rhytons: Look to the past for advice about how to handle the present.
Deck details at www.minoantarot.com
Longer explanation on my Substack
#TarotSky #Minoan
Youth of Rhytons: Freely express your genuine affection and loving kindness.
Six of Rhytons: Look to the past for advice about how to handle the present.
Deck details at www.minoantarot.com
Longer explanation on my Substack
#TarotSky #Minoan
January 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Youth of Rhytons: Freely express your genuine affection and loving kindness.
Six of Rhytons: Look to the past for advice about how to handle the present.
Deck details at www.minoantarot.com
Longer explanation on my Substack
#TarotSky #Minoan
Youth of Rhytons: Freely express your genuine affection and loving kindness.
Six of Rhytons: Look to the past for advice about how to handle the present.
Deck details at www.minoantarot.com
Longer explanation on my Substack
#TarotSky #Minoan
Most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens and got their food at thermopolia, essentially taverns with ready-made food and wine. There is a fine fresco and colored plaster lararium - shrine - above the counter at the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus.🏺 1/
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August 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens and got their food at thermopolia, essentially taverns with ready-made food and wine. There is a fine fresco and colored plaster lararium - shrine - above the counter at the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus.🏺 1/
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Lares - protective spirits - pour wine from rhytons, with a veiled Genius (protector of the home and business) in the middle, sacrificing to the gods and holding a cornucopia, symbol of abundance. Mercury and Dionysus appear on either side, blessing the business. 🏺 2/
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Lararium in the thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii
This beautifully painted lararium - household shrine - is found in the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus. Since most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens, these hot food a...
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August 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Lares - protective spirits - pour wine from rhytons, with a veiled Genius (protector of the home and business) in the middle, sacrificing to the gods and holding a cornucopia, symbol of abundance. Mercury and Dionysus appear on either side, blessing the business. 🏺 2/
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On trouve d'ailleurs plusieurs races de chien dans ces cornes à boire : lévriers, loulous maltais... Petite lecture sur ça, un article de Lucille Garnery, passée par l'INHA en tant que chargée d'études et de recherche : venteantique.hypotheses.org/2950
A propos du Loulou maltais. Digression sur les rhytons en tête de chien.
Au détour d’un vase Durand … C’est en travaillant sur les rhytons de la vente Durand de 1836, à la suite d’une erreur d’identification pour le vase 1275 du catalogue rédigé par Jean de...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On trouve d'ailleurs plusieurs races de chien dans ces cornes à boire : lévriers, loulous maltais... Petite lecture sur ça, un article de Lucille Garnery, passée par l'INHA en tant que chargée d'études et de recherche : venteantique.hypotheses.org/2950
✨Saturnalia Season✨
Bring out the fancy lounges and the best crockery, it’s time to feast!
May your festivities look something like this with drinking horns (rhytons), fabulous hair nets, and delightful tripod tables.
#FrescoFriday
Bring out the fancy lounges and the best crockery, it’s time to feast!
May your festivities look something like this with drinking horns (rhytons), fabulous hair nets, and delightful tripod tables.
#FrescoFriday
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
✨Saturnalia Season✨
Bring out the fancy lounges and the best crockery, it’s time to feast!
May your festivities look something like this with drinking horns (rhytons), fabulous hair nets, and delightful tripod tables.
#FrescoFriday
Bring out the fancy lounges and the best crockery, it’s time to feast!
May your festivities look something like this with drinking horns (rhytons), fabulous hair nets, and delightful tripod tables.
#FrescoFriday
Visit Ankara some time. You'll love them!😃 🏺
June 19, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Visit Ankara some time. You'll love them!😃 🏺
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#FrescoFriday from the MANN! We have the Lares and Snakes panel from Pompeii (Regio VII.2/3)
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
We have two Lares in their typical pose with rhytons, the Genius performing a sacrifice with attendants and an aulos-player. Below a pair of snakes lie near an altar that has eggs on.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Then there's the training dummies in Rhalgr's Reach that look like a lion which remind me of the design and style of lion statues seen around Persepolis as well as in Achaemenid era rhytons. Much like griffins, lions signify kingship and nobility.
June 15, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Then there's the training dummies in Rhalgr's Reach that look like a lion which remind me of the design and style of lion statues seen around Persepolis as well as in Achaemenid era rhytons. Much like griffins, lions signify kingship and nobility.
Ceramic history. Greece. Dog-head rhyton (drinking cup or saddle cup). Museum in Padova, Italy. Cup could not be put down when filled. Superimposed a dog head on the drinker while in use. More general info about rhytons here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyton
Ceramic history. Greece. Dog-head rhyton (drinking cup or saddle cup). Museum in Padova, Italy. Cup could not be put down when filled. Superimposed a dog head on the drinker while in use. More general info about rhytons here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyton
April 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ceramic history. Greece. Dog-head rhyton (drinking cup or saddle cup). Museum in Padova, Italy. Cup could not be put down when filled. Superimposed a dog head on the drinker while in use. More general info about rhytons here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyton
Ceramic history. Greece. Dog-head rhyton (drinking cup or saddle cup). Museum in Padova, Italy. Cup could not be put down when filled. Superimposed a dog head on the drinker while in use. More general info about rhytons here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyton
I’m currently working on a new series of rhytons (without much to show yet beyond blobs of clay hehe) and thinking about what other animals to add to the line up. So far I’ve done a series of stags, hares and rams. I have some ideas already but I’d love to hear yours!
March 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m currently working on a new series of rhytons (without much to show yet beyond blobs of clay hehe) and thinking about what other animals to add to the line up. So far I’ve done a series of stags, hares and rams. I have some ideas already but I’d love to hear yours!
I’ve been really inspired by all the animal head rhytons and bronze figures I saw in Greece
November 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I’ve been really inspired by all the animal head rhytons and bronze figures I saw in Greece
Kültepe rhytons appear in every shape imaginable (Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, 1900-1700 BC).🏺
(The hidden watermarks are mine. I am not stealing others' pics, folks.😅)
(The hidden watermarks are mine. I am not stealing others' pics, folks.😅)
April 2, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Kültepe rhytons appear in every shape imaginable (Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, 1900-1700 BC).🏺
(The hidden watermarks are mine. I am not stealing others' pics, folks.😅)
(The hidden watermarks are mine. I am not stealing others' pics, folks.😅)
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Priest of Rhytons: Encourage and support those around you. Lead with empathy and warmth.
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Eight of Horns: Focus on the skills you've developed over the years and finding satisfaction in them.
Deck details: www.minoantarot.com
#TarotSky #Minoan
Priest of Rhytons: Encourage and support those around you. Lead with empathy and warmth.
.
Eight of Horns: Focus on the skills you've developed over the years and finding satisfaction in them.
Deck details: www.minoantarot.com
#TarotSky #Minoan
February 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Priest of Rhytons: Encourage and support those around you. Lead with empathy and warmth.
.
Eight of Horns: Focus on the skills you've developed over the years and finding satisfaction in them.
Deck details: www.minoantarot.com
#TarotSky #Minoan
Priest of Rhytons: Encourage and support those around you. Lead with empathy and warmth.
.
Eight of Horns: Focus on the skills you've developed over the years and finding satisfaction in them.
Deck details: www.minoantarot.com
#TarotSky #Minoan
How it was/how it is. Terracotta Hittite rhytons shaped like the holy bulls of God Teshub named Hurri & Serri, from Boğazköy, 16th century BC. I couldn't find the source for the first pic, the second pic was taken in Museum of Anatolian Civilizations by me.🏺
May 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
How it was/how it is. Terracotta Hittite rhytons shaped like the holy bulls of God Teshub named Hurri & Serri, from Boğazköy, 16th century BC. I couldn't find the source for the first pic, the second pic was taken in Museum of Anatolian Civilizations by me.🏺
More from Güray Müze 🏺
December 28, 2024 at 7:23 PM
More from Güray Müze 🏺
Actually, rhytons were vessels primarily made for pouring and presenting liquid offerings.
January 4, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Actually, rhytons were vessels primarily made for pouring and presenting liquid offerings.
There are several rhytons shaped like dog heads. The one in the photo may depict a Greek or Etruscan hound, rather than a Cretan or Laconian/Spartan one. Those are hounds with pointed ears: the former survives today (left photo), the latter was the ancient Greek hound described by Xenophon.
June 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
There are several rhytons shaped like dog heads. The one in the photo may depict a Greek or Etruscan hound, rather than a Cretan or Laconian/Spartan one. Those are hounds with pointed ears: the former survives today (left photo), the latter was the ancient Greek hound described by Xenophon.
#Ancient #Greek rhytons. The first is #Minoan around 4,000 years ago. The others are 4th century B.C.E. They are vessels for offerings to the gods or to drink from. Imagine how much you’d drink at a wine party if it’s impossible to put your drink down.
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#archeology #art #culture #wine #history
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#archeology #art #culture #wine #history
March 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Cloisonne bull rhytons. Three at various sale prices (one sold $48 incl shipping, two others on offer), compared to circa 1970s catalog listing. Recent repros or old warehouse stock?
Quality doesn't appear to be as good as the warehouse pic, but 1990s economics got rocky for the state workshops.
Quality doesn't appear to be as good as the warehouse pic, but 1990s economics got rocky for the state workshops.
May 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Cloisonne bull rhytons. Three at various sale prices (one sold $48 incl shipping, two others on offer), compared to circa 1970s catalog listing. Recent repros or old warehouse stock?
Quality doesn't appear to be as good as the warehouse pic, but 1990s economics got rocky for the state workshops.
Quality doesn't appear to be as good as the warehouse pic, but 1990s economics got rocky for the state workshops.
C'est la copie des vieux Rhytons romains ou même grecs.
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
C'est la copie des vieux Rhytons romains ou même grecs.
It also says it is a rhyton, but rhytons strictly have a drinking or pouring spout at the bottom of the vessel, and this one does not, so technically, I believe it is simply a very cool drinking cup.
May 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
It also says it is a rhyton, but rhytons strictly have a drinking or pouring spout at the bottom of the vessel, and this one does not, so technically, I believe it is simply a very cool drinking cup.
"-This eagle looks... Exhausted somehow.
-OK then, let's make another... A happy one."
Is this how it happened, I wonder.😁Bronze Age rhytons from Kültepe.
I had shared this post long ago on Twitter, and right now, while copying it, I discovered something, some familiar detail.😍
Did anyone notice?😃
-OK then, let's make another... A happy one."
Is this how it happened, I wonder.😁Bronze Age rhytons from Kültepe.
I had shared this post long ago on Twitter, and right now, while copying it, I discovered something, some familiar detail.😍
Did anyone notice?😃
January 23, 2024 at 5:18 PM
"-This eagle looks... Exhausted somehow.
-OK then, let's make another... A happy one."
Is this how it happened, I wonder.😁Bronze Age rhytons from Kültepe.
I had shared this post long ago on Twitter, and right now, while copying it, I discovered something, some familiar detail.😍
Did anyone notice?😃
-OK then, let's make another... A happy one."
Is this how it happened, I wonder.😁Bronze Age rhytons from Kültepe.
I had shared this post long ago on Twitter, and right now, while copying it, I discovered something, some familiar detail.😍
Did anyone notice?😃
Intentionally made without a flat base, these ornate animal-head rhytons could not be set down on a table until completely drained of their contents. After downing the last of his wine, an ancient drinker could place the cup upside-down and be greeted by the face of the faithful hound.
January 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Intentionally made without a flat base, these ornate animal-head rhytons could not be set down on a table until completely drained of their contents. After downing the last of his wine, an ancient drinker could place the cup upside-down and be greeted by the face of the faithful hound.