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Bronze foot of tripodic lebes

Archaeological museum of ancient Messene

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Object Name

Bronze foot of tripodic lebes

Dating

899 BCE – 700 BCE

Collection

Archaeological museum of ancient Messene

Discovery Location

Archaeological site ancient Messene

Object Type

Tripodic lebes

Material Bronze
Dimensions

Width: 6 cm x Height: 46 cm

License

CC BY-NC-ND 4

Bronze foot of a tripodic lebes (cauldron) from the sanctuary of Zeus Ithomatas at the top of Mt. Ithome, ancient Messene. Linear decoration in four zones. Its finding confirms the worship of Zeus Ithomatas at the top of the homonymous mountain as early as the protogeometric/ geometric period (9th-8th cent BCE).