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    "localId": "94513",
    "label": "Shawabty Jar with Lid",
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    "id": "94513",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Shawabty Jar with Lid",
    "date": "1295–1069 BCE",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); Overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); Diameter of lid: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 19–20"
    ],
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    "tec": "Nile silt ware; lid of limestone",
    "tombstone": "Shawabty Jar with Lid, 1295–1069 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 19–20. Nile silt ware; lid of limestone; diameter: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); diameter of lid: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.829.a",
    "collection": "Egypt - New Kingdom",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
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    "citations": [
        {
            "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. 365; Mentioned: p. 363-365"
        }
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    "creditline": "Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:01:49.120000",
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