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    "localId": "130049",
    "label": "Plaque: Thomas and Matthew",
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    "id": "130049",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Plaque: Thomas and Matthew",
    "description": "It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.",
    "date": "c. 1160",
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    "language": "en",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 5.8 x 6.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)",
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        "Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century"
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:42:42.226000",
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