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    "localId": "120847",
    "label": "Door Plaque with the Head of a Saint",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "120847",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Door Plaque with the Head of a Saint",
    "description": "The original function of this bronze plaque is not known with certainty. It was probably once gilded and may have been affixed to a wooden.",
    "date": "500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.57",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.57/1941.57_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.57/1941.57_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.57/1941.57_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 18.5 x 17.2 x 1.6 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period"
    ],
    "accession": "1941.57"
}

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    "tec": "bronze",
    "tombstone": "Door Plaque with the Head of a Saint, 500s. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Bronze; overall: 18.5 x 17.2 x 1.6 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon, 1941.57",
    "collection": "MED - Byzantine",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.57",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:13:54.728000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.57/1941.57_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 120847,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Byzantine",
    "med": "bronze",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.57/1941.57_web.jpg",
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