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{
    "localId": "18790",
    "label": "Ring Bezel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.389"
}

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    "id": "18790",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.389",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring Bezel",
    "description": "A scarab carved of light brown steatite with a thick gold rim around the bottom edge. A lip of gold, pressed around the scarab to hold it in place, is drawn out to form hoop-sockets. Carved into the back of the scarab is a beetle with outstretched legs under a disk.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.389",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "finger rings",
        "bezels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.389_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.389_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.389_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.6,
            "height": 1.3,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/4 x W: 1/2 x L: 3/4 in. (0.6 x 1.3 x 1.9 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Kheper-Ra",
    "dynasty": "15th Dynasty",
    "med": "steatite with glaze, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.389_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "271c43806ead6b30"
}