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    "id": "119809",
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    "title": "Amulet of Thoth",
    "date": "380–30 BCE",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)",
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            "citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
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