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    "localId": "94637",
    "label": "Scarab",
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    "id": "94637",
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    "title": "Scarab",
    "date": "1980–1900 BCE",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)",
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        "Egypt, Haraga, Wadi I, no number, Second Intermediate period (1648–1540 BCE)"
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    "tombstone": "Scarab, 1980–1900 BCE. Egypt, Haraga, Wadi I, no number, Second Intermediate period (1648–1540 BCE). Turquoise-glazed steatite; overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915.17",
    "collection": "Egypt - Second Intermediate",
    "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. 180; Mentioned: p. 180"
        }
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