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{
    "localId": "21603",
    "label": "Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.89"
}

{
    "id": "21603",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.89",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine",
    "description": "A glazed steatite pectoral with incised design. On the front a woman wearing a perfume cone worships the jackal god Anubis resting on a shrine. Above him are two hieroglyphic signs: the \"udjat\" for protection and a collar signifying \"gold.\" On the back a \"djed\" pillar (meaning eternity) is flanked by two \"tjet\" signs, (meaning protection) symbolizing also Osiris between Isis and Nephthys.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1070-730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.89",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "plaques",
        "pectorals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.89_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.89_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.89_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.6,
            "height": 6.4,
            "depth": 0
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 x W: 2 1/2 (7.59 x 6.36 x 0.01 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "21st-22nd Dynasty",
    "med": "steatite, orginally glazed",
    "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/PL7_42.89_NF_4033-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "51bea9672a8b799a"
}