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    "localId": "95589",
    "label": "Earring",
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    "id": "95589",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Earring",
    "description": "This earring is made of a simple gold loop with gold, agate, and feldspar beads strung on it. One of the gold beads is in the shape of a dolphin’s upper body with a small ball in its mouth. Earrings were extremely popular throughout the ancient Mediterranean, often decorated with animal heads like dolphins, bulls, and goats.",
    "date": "500–400 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.131",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60778740"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Jewelry"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.131/1916.131_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.131/1916.131_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Cyprus"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.131"
}

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    "tec": "gold and agate",
    "tombstone": "Earring, 500–400 BCE. Cyprus. Gold and agate; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.131",
    "collection": "GR - Cypriot",
    "didYouKnow": "The use of agate in jewelry dates to the Indus Valley Civilization, between 3300 and 1300 BCE.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.131",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:07:59.239000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.131/1916.131_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95589,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Cypriot",
    "med": "gold and agate",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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