Near Eastern, Iranian, Iron Age, 10th–9th century B.C.Amlash, IranLength: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)Source: Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA [1]Rhyton in shape of bull from Amlash. Red-ware with spots of black paint. Complete, but hump made up of numerous original fragments. Bull-shaped vessels of this type have been found in important tombs. Bulls were usually identified with a powerful god or with strength and male sexual potency.
Near Eastern, Iranian, Iron Age,early 1st millennium B.C.Height x max. diameter: 11.4 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Source: Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA [1]
The Iron Age people of the Caspian coastal region of northwest Iran left no written records, but their richly furnished tombs attest to their power and influence. They also produced distinctive red and gray-ware pottery vessels, usually referred to as Amlash, after the town where they first appeared in the 1950s and 1960s, or Marlik, where the first scientifically excavated examples came to light.
Near Eastern, Iranian, Amlash, Early Iron Age, 999–900 B.C.Height x width x length: 12.6 x 7.5 x 19.2 cm (4 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)Source: Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA [1]Vessel in the form of a bull, incorporating both handmade and wheelmade elements. The hand-modeled body is ovoid, but pinched at the center to give it a slightly hourglass shape. A wheelmade funnel has been set into the top. The neck and horns are are handmade, but the head is wheelmade and serves as the spout.
