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{
    "localId": "144696",
    "label": "Segmentum from a Tunic",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "144696",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Segmentum from a Tunic",
    "description": "A fierce lion with a pronounced mane takes down a large bull on a purple red ground with stylized trees and plants. Both animals appear to be facing us, the viewer. The border displays a formal wreath of rosettes. This roundel, or circular element, and two additional matching examples suggest that they originally decorated the front and back of a tunic. The scene may be an abbreviated reference to the royal hunt, one of the pleasures of the court that served as propaganda to legitimize the authority of rulers by confirming their ability to control natural resources.",
    "date": "750–99",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.38",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79922222"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.38/1969.38_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.38/1969.38_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.38/1969.38_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 23.5 x 20.4 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Abbasid period"
    ],
    "accession": "1969.38"
}

{
    "tec": "tapestry; linen and wool",
    "tombstone": "Segmentum from a Tunic, 750–99. Egypt, Abbasid period. Tapestry; linen and wool; overall: 23.5 x 20.4 cm (9 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund, 1969.38",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "didYouKnow": "The animal battle takes place on a background formed by the spreading branches of a tree with stylized flowers and leaves.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "“Annual Report for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 6 (February 1970): 163–193.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 177",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152335"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 269",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n289"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Bornstein, Christine Verzár, and Priscilla Parsons Soucek. <em>The Meeting of Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context : [Exhibition], the University of Michigan Museum of Art, May 9-September 27, 1981</em>. Ann Arbor: The Museum, 1981.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 25, pl. 3"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.38",
    "creditline": "The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-10 19:44:37.242000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.38/1969.38_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 144696,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "tapestry; linen and wool",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.38/1969.38_web.jpg",
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