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{
    "localId": "2003",
    "label": "Horus Falcon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "sculpture",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.343"
}

{
    "id": "2003",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.343",
    "contentType": "sculpture",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Horus Falcon",
    "description": "The representation of a falcon was related to Horus, god of Kingship, but also to the sun god Re. Beside there are many local gods who are represented as falcons without a crown or inscription identification is impossible.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "3rd-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.343",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Sculpture",
        "figurines",
        "statuettes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_22.343_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_22.343_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_22.343_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.2,
            "height": 1.1,
            "depth": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/4 x W: 7/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (3.22 x 1.06 x 3.03 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "steatite, gold, glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_22.343_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5b18c7ee13ac5200"
}