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{
    "localId": "39873",
    "label": "Amulet with a Crocodile as a Solar God",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.24"
}

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    "id": "39873",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.24",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amulet with a Crocodile as a Solar God",
    "description": "On top of the bead is the carved figure of a crocodile, sculpted in the round, and on the base is the sacred boat with the sun-disk, as well an inscription with the name of Amun-Re. The sun-boat itself is a cryptographic sign for the god Amun-Re.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1069-715 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.24",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.24_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.24_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.24_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/8 x W: 9/16 x L: 1 1/4 in. (1 x 1.4 x 3.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] The barque in the top line is a well known cryptographic writing for the god Amun-Re: Amun-Re",
        "/ perfect of perfect manifestations; / Amun-Re",
        "/ may he grant all life",
        "happiness",
        "and stability."
    ],
    "dynasty": "21st-23rd Dynasty",
    "med": "light beige steatite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3193",
        "3240"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.24_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "df02d89f8086b1cb"
}