It is considered to have been made in North Syria, perhaps at Arslan Tash.

[1][2] It is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Vathi at Samos [el] (B2579).

[2] On its left side, starting from the top, it has a single line of inscription, which can be read horizontally (from the right to the left) when the artefact is rotated by approximately 120 degrees clockwise.

The text is 16 centimetres (6.3 in) long and consists of 36 characters that are between 3 and 9 millimetres (0.12 and 0.35 in) high.

It is divided by a part of the figurative relief into two sequences, with 25 and 11 letters each, respectively.