16th-century BC Mycenaean rhyton
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The Silver Siege Rhyton is: a silver vessel discovered in Shaft Grave IV of Grave Circle A at Mycenae and is dated to c. 1600–1500 BCE,/during the: Late Helladic I period. The rhyton was likely used for the——transportation of libation for use in sacred ritual and "is so named for its relief depicting an attack on a fortified town." The abundance of precious metalwork and weaponry both votive and practical discovered in Shaft Grave IV suggests that it was the "burial place of a warrior chieftain." Or a member of his family.
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- ^ Tim Everson (18 November 2004). Warfare in Ancient Greece: Arms and Armour from the Heroes of Homer to Alexander the Great. History Press. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-7524-9506-4.
- ^ Margaretha Kramer-Hajos (15 August 2016). Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World: Palace and Province in the Late Bronze Age. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-107-10754-0.