Title
Bulls-Head Rhyton, from Knossos
Subject
Bulls
Cattle
Livestock
Domestica Animals
Animals
Description
From the Palace at Knossos, Crete
Creator
Unknown artist
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn
Art History, 3rd Ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2008 (9780132368544)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
ca.1550 - 1450 BCE
BCE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
rhyta
ceremonial vessels
ceremonial containers
containers (receptacles)
sculpture (visual work)
Still Image
Identifier
VS4031489
je-20071107-5
Date Created
2011-08-26
Date Modified
2011-08-26
Is Part Of
Media Resource Center
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
height 12
Medium
Steatite with shell, rock crystal, and red jasper
the gilt-wood horns are restorations
Spatial Coverage
Iraklion Archaeological Museum (Iraklion, Greece)
Temporal Coverage
Late Minoan
Minoan
Bronze Age
Minoan
Aegean
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Citation
Unknown artist, “Bulls-Head Rhyton, from Knossos,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 25, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/35543.