Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (746 page)

Form of early Bronze Age collared urn found in the British Isles in which the body has three distinct components or sections: a trunco-conic or ogee body; a concave neck; and a collar which is usually angled but occasionally vertical.

 
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Late Neolithic culture of the Ukraine, named after a type-site (Tripillja or Tripolye) near Kiev. Settlements are of long, rectangular houses, sometimes arranged in radial plan, and characteristic assemblages include anthropomorphic clay figurines and painted pottery as well as small copper artefacts.

 
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Vessel comprising three small jars, either attached to the top of a tubular ring-base which is often hollow, or joined together at the body. Such vessels have also been described as flower vases. Roman in date.

 
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A stand or support of some kind with three legs.
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Homer writes of bronze tripods as being large three-footed vessels like cauldrons. They were clearly of great value; Linear B tablets from Knossos show a careful count of these objects in the Minoan palace. In classical times beautifully decorated tripods, sometimes of gold, are presented as gifts to a god. Exactly what the significance of these items was is not, however, known.

 
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Bowl with three legs, normally of the 1st century
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A large jug-like vessel for containing liquids with three small legs projecting from the base for support when placed on a surface. Typical of the medieval period in northwest Europe.

 
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