1st-4th century CE
17.9 x 0.7 cm (7 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
"From Rome" according to Classical Collection index card; received as a gift of H.W. Bell on Feb. 2, 1911.
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseStone
10th centuryMexicanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEMycenaeanSilver
18th-19th centuryAmericanStone
3rd millennium BCEChineseSteel
17th-18th centuryPersianTerracotta
2nd century CERomanBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianCopper alloy
1st-4th century CERomanBronze
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18th-19th centuryAmericanStone
3rd millennium BCEChinese