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{
    "localId": "1556",
    "label": "Lion Headed Nefertem",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2314"
}

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    "id": "1556",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2314",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lion Headed Nefertem",
    "description": "The seated figure represents a nude child god. The crown on his head depicts a lotus bud. The opened lotus flower is an attribute of the god Nefertem, the son of the creator god Ptah and the lioness goddess Sakhmet. This variation of Nefertem with a lotus bud is a rare example.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. G. Harry Pouder, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th-mid 4th century BCE (Third Intermediate-Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2314",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-pendants"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.2314_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.2314_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.2314_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5,
            "height": 0.9,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 x W: 3/8 x D: 7/8 in. (5.02 x 0.92 x 2.23 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "21st-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.2314_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f9b92443631f53e5"
}