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    "title": "Kohl Tube",
    "date": "305 BCE–395 CE",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); with cover: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "Kohl Tube, 305 BCE–395 CE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)–Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE). Brass with blue enamel decoration; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); with cover: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund, 1974.89.a",
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            "citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.",
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