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    "localId": "93991",
    "label": "Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)",
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    "title": "Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)",
    "date": "1549–1296 BCE",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 18–19"
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    "collection": "Egypt - New Kingdom",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
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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",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 284; Mentioned: p. 284"
        }
    ],
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