rhy·ton 
(r
īt
ŏn
′)
n. A hornlike drinking vessel of ancient times, often having a pointed end shaped like an animal or animal's head.
[Greek rhuton, from neuter of rhutos, fluid, liquid; see sreu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

rhyton4th-century bc sphinx-shaped rhyton from the Borovo treasure, National Museum of History, Sofia, Bulgaria