25th-21st century BCE
4.5 x 50.2 cm (1 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Purchased from the Cesnola (Cypriote) Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lead
Electrotype of bronze original with gold; engraved
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