Editing Sacrificial tripod (section)

===Historical and typological evolution of the tripod===
Early sacrificial vessels were mostly in pottery, some made as tripods but others with a continuous round base below the bowl, swelling as it goes down. At the end of the [[Geometric period]] an innovation is introduced: the tripods are detached from the large bronze cauldron ([[lebes]]), which is now placed on them. In the museum<!-- which museum??? --> there is a distinctive specimen: on a fine, bronze tripod standing on cast legs, lay a large globular cauldron. On its lip there are developed heads of griffins and lions, as well as winged female figures, possibly sirens. These creatures originate from the Middle East, whereas the technique of casting followed by hammering also alludes to oriental workshops. In reference to Ancient Greek tripod cauldrons, after the 8th century most increased in both size and amount of detail, becoming more decorative, and were used almost exclusively as dedication to the gods in sanctuaries.
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File:Pròtoms de bronze amb forma de grifons, segle VII aC. Museu Arqueològic d'Olímpia.JPG|Griffins from Olympia, 7th century BC
File:Delphi tripod.jpg|Delphic tripod ([[Red-figure pottery|red-figured]] [[krater|bell-krater]], [[Paestum]], c. 330 BC)
File:Relief sacrifice Glyptothek Munich.jpg|Ritual vessel supported on a tripod (Roman [[relief]] 1st-century AD)
File:Affresco romano - Pompei - Casa dei triclini - triclinio c seconda vittoria alata.JPG|Winged [[Victoria (goddess)|Victory]] bearing a tripod (Wall painting, [[Pompeii]], 64 AD)
File:Relief of Medea and the Peliades Antikensammlung Berlin.jpg|[[Medea]] and the [[Peliades]] around a tripod (1828 relief after a 5th-century BC Greek original)
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