Rhyton Pipe

Design Story

These designs were the result of a class project about a device used in the past. I changed the Rhyton application into a pipe. Achaemenid Empire was definitely the brightest of Iranian civilization and hence I focused on the Achaemenid products. Rhytns were ancient vessels for storing and drinking wine. The word rhyton comes from the Greek rhyta, meaning “to run through”. Rhytons featured a filter hole at the top and a hole at the bottom so that wine could flow through them like a funnel. Rhytons were used by the Minoans and Mycenaean’s in the Bronze Age and possibly were exported to other civilizations through sea commerce.