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    "localId": "4497",
    "label": "Miniature Sword (Shamshir)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.80"
}

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    "id": "4497",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.80",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Miniature Sword (Shamshir)",
    "provenance": "Robert S. Pardo, Istanbul; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.80",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "daggers",
        "scabbards"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.80A-B_FntClosd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.80A-B_FntClosd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.80A-B_FntClosd_DD_T14.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.2,
            "height": 1.9,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 13/16 x W: 3/4 x D: 3/8 in. (12.22 x 1.91 x  0.9 cm); W with chain: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] God's protection.",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "blade: steel, inlaid with gold and rubies (or spinels); hilt: serpentine, gilded brass, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2431"
    ],
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        "ISL",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3334",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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    "mediaId": "406e7f05902f5344"
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