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    "localId": "6950",
    "label": "Reclining Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1560"
}

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    "id": "6950",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1560",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Reclining Lion",
    "description": "This reclining lion with a raised head shows the compact body shape and other stylistic features typical of Meroitic art.",
    "provenance": "Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 1st century BCE (Meroitic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1560",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "amulets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1560_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1560_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.1,
            "height": 1.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/16 x L: 11/16 x D: 1/8 in. (1.08 x 1.72 x 0.37 cm)"
}

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    ]
}

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