The ceremonial ceramic vessels, the methods of shaping and decor seen in Anatolia until the Roman Period

There were mostly ceremonial dishes made of baked clay in the archaeological excavations in Anatolia. The dishes which are known indispensable of the ceremony called libation, were named in several ways in the various civilizations. Though, they have been called as "Rhyton" in the literature .The rhytons, have been appearing since the Neolithic period, are also known to be made mostly for the religious purposes. As it's seen, they were made of varios animal forms that symbolise the gods which are visible and tangible asset for them.As It's been emerged; the rhytons shaped by beliefs with the existance of their technical, form, material, functionality, decoration and color, shed light on the history of the ceramic existed in Anatolian civilazitions. The most intensive period of the rhyton ceramic construction was in the Age of the Hittites with the Assyrian Trade Colonies. The construction period continued to exist by decreasing after the Hittite ages to the Roman period.Keywords: Rhyton, Ceremonial Vessels, Presentation Cups, Drinking Cups, Libation, Bibru, Anatolian Ceramic Art