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    "localId": "154807",
    "label": "Pendant",
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    "id": "154807",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pendant",
    "description": "The rich gold and beautiful turquoise of this pendant make this piece of jewelry a visual delight. At the lower half one notices the fine braiding detail. The extravagant materials suggest it was made for a wealthy individual.",
    "date": "1069–715 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.39",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.39/1989.39_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 5.1 x 2.3 cm (2 x 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22"
    ],
    "accession": "1989.39"
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    "tec": "gold and turquoise",
    "tombstone": "Pendant, 1069–715 BCE. Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22. Gold and turquoise; overall: 5.1 x 2.3 cm (2 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vivian Merrin, 1989.39",
    "collection": "Egypt - Third Intermediate",
    "didYouKnow": "Turquoise is pretty but it was also thought to bring good luck.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 66, no. 2",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160106"
        },
        {
            "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",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 292; Mentioned: p. 292"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.39",
    "creditline": "Gift of Vivian Merrin",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:01:15.559000",
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    "sourceId": 154807,
    "dept": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art",
    "coll": "Egypt - Third Intermediate",
    "med": "gold and turquoise",
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