Hearth supports or firedogs are richly decorated, predominantly ceramic objects from the Early Iron Age, used as tools in hearths. They typically have an elongated shape with raised, opposing ends, which can sometimes be crafted in the form of animal heads. Due to the crescent-like shape of some, resembling a waxing or waning moon, they are also referred to in archaeological literature as lunar idols.

The exact purpose of these objects is still not fully explained. Some believe they were used as cooking tools, while others, considering their presence near the hearth – the center of the home – their shape, and decoration, attribute a specific symbolic meaning or ritual role to them.

A ceramic firedog with semicircular side ends, decorated with ribs. The body is adorned with a groove and stamped ornamentation consisting of straight and zigzag lines, as well as a swastika.

Late Iron Age, Poštela.