Bronze ring handle
The handle belonged to a tripod cauldron, a deep bowl with three legs. This type of vessel was originally a utility utensil used in the cooking of sumptuous banquets. It then became associated with ritual practices. Found in all major sanctuaries of Greece, tripod cauldrons were deposited as prestigious offerings to the gods.
The ring handle was found at Praisos, in eastern Crete, the same site that yielded the terracotta plaques 53.5.9–.11, .19, .22–.24.
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