The rhyton unearthed at Kalali-gir 2 is unique. First, it has a handle, which is quite exceptional for this kind of vessels in general. Second, it lacks protoma, while the mythical creature a bearded man with ox horns, is placed on the central part of the vessel. Signifies of this character is character is rather complex. On the one hand, he can be identified as Gopotshakh, a mythical man-bull, who is associated with Yima, the first monarch in Avestian mythology. On the other hand, he resembles Bacchus or satyr, the characters well known in Hellenistic culture of the Orient. In any case, its beyond doubt, that this mythical creature is somehow related to the ritual, for which this rhyton was used as a vessel for libation.
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