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{
    "localId": "6521",
    "label": "Statue of a Seated Isis",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.417"
}

{
    "id": "6521",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.417",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Statue of a Seated Isis",
    "description": "Emphasizing her maternal and nurturing aspects, Isis cups her breast with her right hand, offering it to a now-missing figure of her son, Horus.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 664-525 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.417",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.417_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.417_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.417_Lft_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 14.8,
            "height": 5.2,
            "depth": 11.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 13/16 × W: 2 1/16 × D: 4 7/16 in. (14.8 × 5.2 × 11.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "style": "Saitic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "The inscription on the top and sides of the base contains a prayer to Isis. The name of the donor is missing",
        "but his father Pa-shevi-en-Mehet is mentioned."
    ],
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze with gold and electrum inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.417_Rt_DD_T13.jpg",
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}