sacrificial tripod

sacrificial tripod is a chair or religious object.

Also recorded as tripod.

Overview

Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

three-legged piece of religious furniture associated with Apollo and the Delphic oracle

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Sacrificial tripod”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q915527: sacrificial tripod

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