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{
    "localId": "21196",
    "label": "Intaglio with Pataikos, Isis, and Nephthys",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.872"
}

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    "id": "21196",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.872",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with Pataikos, Isis, and Nephthys",
    "description": "This intaglio depicts the god Pataikos standing on crocodiles and flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Above the figures is a head of Hathor with a winged sun-disk.  The reverse shows an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail) encircling a scarab beetle and the magical \"soroor-logos\" inscription. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be protective.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "1st-3rd century CE (Roman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.872",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scaraboids",
        "intaglios"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.872_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.872_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.7,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 0
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/16 x W: 9/16 (2.66 x 1.38 x 0.02 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "hematite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
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        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.872_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8c8596507b219b58"
}