kernos

thumb|Terracotta kernos from the Cycladic period (ca. 2000 BCE), found at [[Melos]] thumb|In this votive plaque depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a female figure (top center of rectangular portion) wears a kernos on her head

In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the kernos ( or , plural kernoi) is a pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding offerings. Its unusual design is described in literary sources, which also list the ritual ingredients it might contain. The kernos was used primarily in the cults of Demeter and Kore, and of Cybele and Attis.