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    "localId": "36375",
    "label": "Lamp in the Shape of a Ram's Head",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1189"
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    "id": "36375",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1189",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lamp in the Shape of a Ram's Head",
    "description": "Roman oil lamps made of bronze or terracotta were common artifacts of ancient Roman life. Bronze lamps with the whimsical shapes of real or mythical animals or peoples were most valued.",
    "provenance": "Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 53, no. 461; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd century CE (Imperial Roman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1189",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.8,
            "height": 3.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "4 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (10.8 x 3.4 cm)"
}

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