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{
    "localId": "12751",
    "label": "Standing Pataikos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1606"
}

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    "id": "12751",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1606",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Standing Pataikos",
    "description": "The dwarf god Pataikos offered protection from evil. He was a manifestation of the creator god Ptah, and became popular beginning in the New Kingdom. The name was introduced by the Greek writer Herodotus. Representations of the god were used as amulets. This was probably made during the 26th Dynasty.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "664-525 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1606",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_48.1606_Back_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.9,
            "height": 4.1,
            "depth": 3.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 11/16 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 1 3/16 in. (6.9 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "style": "Saitic",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_48.1606_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg",
    "mediaId": "663b88bfe4176e01"
}