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    "localId": "34019",
    "label": "Oil Lamp with a Cross",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.55"
}

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    "id": "34019",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.55",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Oil Lamp with a Cross",
    "description": "Lamps filled with scented oil were used throughout the Mediterranean region.  Intended for use in the home, the lamp could rest on a table, be suspended by chains, or be fitted onto a spiked (pricket) lampstand.  On this example, a cross is incorporated into the center of the leaf-shaped handle.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "5th-6th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.55",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "lamps"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14.6,
            "height": 22.5,
            "depth": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 3 9/16 in. (14.6 x 22.5 x 9 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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