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{
    "localId": "10985",
    "label": "Apis Bull",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1649"
}

{
    "id": "10985",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1649",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Apis Bull",
    "description": "This well modeled bull of pale green faience has a rib cage and mane indicated by an incision. The horns and probably the disk which marked him as the holy Apis bull have broken off. Suspension loop on the back.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1649",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1649_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1649_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1649_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.2,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 3.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/8 x W: 5/8 x D: 1 3/8 in. (2.23 x 1.57 x 3.46 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with pale green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1649_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9727cf119e959dc9"
}