12th-10th century BCE
23 x 6 x 2.5 cm (9 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.)
Arthur Upham Pope Collection. Private Collection, Boston, (by 1931), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.
Electrotype of bronze original with gold; engraved
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Lead
Leaded bronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternLead
GreekCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrishNephrite
ChineseIron
Japanese