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{
    "localId": "11094",
    "label": "Ring with Scarab",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2208"
}

{
    "id": "11094",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2208",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with Scarab",
    "description": "In this type of ring the scarab bezel is fastened by passing the ends of the bronze hoop, pulled out into fine wire, through the perforation, and twisting them around the hoop on the opposite side. The face of the glazed steatite scarab is decorated with a stylized head of the cow-eared goddess Hathor under a cartouche of King Thutmosis III.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1479-1425 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2208",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "scarabs",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_54.2208_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_54.2208_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_54.2208_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.4,
            "height": 0.8,
            "depth": 1.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/16 x W: 5/16 x L: 7/16 in. (0.4 x 0.8 x 1.1 cm); Inner Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Outer Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Men-kheper-Re.",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Thutmosis III (1479-1425 BC)",
    "med": "steatite with glaze, bronze",
    "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_54.2208_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fc06afa97e3dc95c"
}