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<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)
Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)
<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.86.226.61_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.86.226.61_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_threequarter_left.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_threequarter_left.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_back.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_back.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_top.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_top.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_bottom.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_bottom.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_threequarter_right.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_threequarter_right.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_side_right.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_side_right.jpg)

<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_side_left.jpg)

Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_side_left.jpg)

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Ox-head Rhyton

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay, slip
DATES 8th century B.C.E.
DIMENSIONS 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm) 1.8 lb. (0.81kg)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.226.61
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Ox-head Rhyton, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 86.226.61_front.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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<em>Ox-head Rhyton</em>, 8th century B.C.E. Clay, slip, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.226.61_front.jpg)

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