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{
    "localId": "31832",
    "label": "Seal Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.200"
}

{
    "id": "31832",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.200",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Seal Ring",
    "description": "This greenish faience example has widely spaced hieroglyphs that read \"Mut, lady of Asheru.\" Peculiarities of the writing raise doubts about the authenticity.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th-8th century BCE or modern (Third Intermediate Period or modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.200",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.200_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.200_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.200_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.9,
            "height": 2.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Ring H: 1 1/8 x Diam: 7/8 in. (2.88 x 2.28 cm); Bezel L: 2 7/16 x W: 9/16 in. (6.25 x 1.46 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "faience with blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.200_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3a23294345fb4702"
}