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    "localId": "3451",
    "label": "Head of Ptah",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.422"
}

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    "id": "3451",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.422",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Head of Ptah",
    "description": "Ptah was the creator god of the city of Memphis and the patron of craftsmen and artists. His blue skullcap symbolizes creation, and his black face represents fertility and rebirth.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "664-525 BC (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.422",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.422_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.422_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.5,
            "height": 2.1,
            "depth": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/8 x W: 13/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (3.52 x 2.11 x 3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with blue-green and black glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "10"
    ]
}

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