12th-11th century BCE
H. 6 x W. 2 x D. 1.5 cm (2 3/8 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.) Weight 19 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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