Achaemenid Ibex Rhyton Low-poly 3D model

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Rhyta originated in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, combining the older Near Eastern traditions of animal-headed beakers and Iranian traditions of animal-shaped vessels. They were used at royal banquets, where the Persian king displayed his wealth and power, and the ability to drink skillfully from a rhyton marked one as a member of the elite who were invited to such banquets. Rhyta were thus symbols of high status. Though many Achaemenid rhyta feature mythical or composite creatures, this one has ibex, a distinctly Iranian motif, because ibexes are native to the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, but did not live, for example, on the plains of Mesopotamia