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{
    "localId": "32465",
    "label": "Finger Ring with a Frog",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1470"
}

{
    "id": "32465",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1470",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Finger Ring with a Frog",
    "description": "This finger ring displays the small figure of a frog squatting on top of the bezel. The frog is well carved with incised details. The stylized head of Hathor is incised on the bottom of the bezel. The gold lining is probably modern. The image of a frog symbolizes fecundity and fertility, and rings with frog figures were worn by women particularly during the New Kingdom.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1550-1279 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th-early 19th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1470",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1470_LftSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1470_LftSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1470_LftSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.4,
            "height": 2,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 15/16 x W: 13/16 x D: 1/4 in. (2.4 x 2 x 0.7 cm); Bezel W: 1/16 in. (0.17 cm); Inner Diam.: 5/16 in. (0.83 cm); Outer Diam.: 1/2 in. (1.34 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th-early 19th Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 26532,
    "med": "carnelian, gold lining",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704",
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.1470_RtSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bdb51cabe70b6885"
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