Sacrificial Tripod of Dolphins
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Sacrificial Tripod of Dolphins
Sacrificial Tripod of Dolphins

Offering table with dolphins from Akrotiri. 17th c. BCE.

The tripod is made of pummel stone, covered in plaster and decorated with fresco painting of dolphins and other aquatic life.
Exhibited at the Museum of Prehistoric Thera (Santorini), Greece.

Tags:
Aegean Akrotiri Animals Color and Polychromy Cycladic Fresco Original Photo Thera Thera Prehistoric Museum
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