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    "localId": "39620",
    "label": "Barrel Jug with Geometric Decoration",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2044"
}

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    "id": "39620",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2044",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Barrel Jug with Geometric Decoration",
    "description": "The playful inventiveness of the Cypriot potters is seen in this distinctive water jug. It is both functional and beautiful.  The body of the jug looks like a barrel lying on its side. The style appears only during the Iron Age.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by gift of the estate of Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport.",
    "date": "8th century BCE (Cypro-Archaic I)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2044",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "jugs"
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 32.7,
            "height": 30.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 12 7/8 x W: 12 1/8 in. (32.7 x 30.8 cm)"
}

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    "med": "Ceramics",
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    ],
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