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    "localId": "131998",
    "label": "Fragment of a Large Hanging",
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    "id": "131998",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Large Hanging",
    "date": "500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.573",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 89.9 x 127 cm (35 3/8 x 50 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Byzantine period"
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    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Large Hanging, 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period. Looped-knot pile; wool and linen; overall: 89.9 x 127 cm (35 3/8 x 50 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1954.573",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "above and on both sides of the main figure are fragmentary bits of Coptic inscriptions reading:  \"ATTAC. . .\" (left) and \"ATTA . . .\" (right)."
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:48:00.333000",
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