Tripod Fragment

Tripod leg. Bronze with green patina; remains of bronze pin in hole. One handle (MS4746A), one leg (MS4718), and ca. 425 fragments of sheet copper or bronze (MS4746-B) from one or more tripod cauldrons with two handles on the rim. Fragments very corroded. Body hammered from sheets, riveted together; handle and leg cast. The shape conforms to Catlings's Form 4a (1964: 169), a type with straight sides and very slightly rounded base. To Catling's list add Effenterre and Effenterre 1963: pl. 47, nos. 2085-2086. For the shape as an ideogram on the Linear B tablets see Olivier 1969: figs. 10-14. Bibliography: Unpublished.