| Summary: | The subject of our study is a terracotta eagle rhyton preserved in Sivas Archeology Museum. It is understood from the inventory receipt that it was brought to the museum by purchasing, and the person who delivered the artifact to the museum did not provide information about the find place. Although not all of the riton, which was produced from terracotta, was preserved; The production technique, physiognomy features, paint decoration on it, especially Kültepe-Kaniš-Karum, which was one of the important centers of the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period, II. It bears close resemblances to the folded eagle rhytons. Assyrian Trade Colonies Period; It is a stage in which Anatolia met with writing and intense commercial relations with Mesopotamia developed. It is thought that the animal-shaped vessels are closely related to the belief system of Anatolia at this stage. Animal-shaped vessels have been seen in Anatolia since the Late Neolithic-Early Chalcolithic Age, and it is seen that their production increased during the 2nd millennium BC. Animal-shaped cult vessels, which are one of the important finds of the Assyrian Trade Colonies Age; It was produced from terracotta in the form of a lion, antelope, pig, partridge and eagle. In the Hittite written documents, it is understood that the animal-shaped vessels were produced from different raw materials and used especially in libation processes. Especially the eagle-shaped ones show remarkable features. The Sivas Archeology Museum specimen is in an upright perched position, its wings are closed, only the upper beak is engraved, and the wing and body feathers are highlighted with paint. There is a cylindrical liquid filling section in the area where the neck and the back part meet. Most of the eagle-shaped specimens from the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period are known from Kültepe-Kaniş-Karum and were also found in fragments at Alişar Höyük. In this context, it is possible to date the Sivas Archeology Museum example, which is one of the eagle-shaped cult vessels that have an important place in the animal-shaped vessel repertoire of Anatolia, to the period 1945-1835 BC, based on the Kültepe-Kaniš-Karumu finds.
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