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    "localId": "19346",
    "label": "Pectoral Reliquary Cross with Inscriptions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2627"
}

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    "id": "19346",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2627",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pectoral Reliquary Cross with Inscriptions",
    "description": "The cross carries inscriptions on both sides, but only one of them is partially legible at present.",
    "provenance": "Pete N. Nickolas (\"\"Helios Old World Antiques\"\"), Westminster, Maryland, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1987, by purchase.",
    "date": "11th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2627",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "reliquaries",
        "crosses (objects)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.7,
            "height": 3.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 1/16 x W: 1 1/2 in. (7.7 x 3.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τὸν φ[οροῦντα]; [Translation] Lord",
        "help the wearer"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Macedonian Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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