6th-4th century BCE
4.2 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm (1 5/8 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Alabaster
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