Hochdorf: Cauldron.

View of reconstructed bronze cauldron.
Height: 80 cm (without lions).
Diameter: Ca. 104 cm. Capacity: 500 liters.

View of Western Greek lion.

View of second Western Greek lion.

Detail of back of head.

View of Celtic lion.

Lions:
Cast bronze.
Length 33.8 cm (1), 35 cm (2), 34.4 cm (3).
Lions 1 and 2: probably made in Western Greece (Lucania or Campania?).
Date: Cauldron: Ca. 530 (between 540 and 520) B.C.E. Lion 3: Ca. 520-500 B.C.E.

The cauldron stood to the north of the bronze couch on a locally-made stand of wood and iron. It contained honey-mead, traces of which, and of the pollen grains in the honey, have undergone chemical analysis.
Stuttgart: Württembergisches Landesmuseum.

Images digitally altered and recomposed after several photographs published by J. Biel.