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    "title": "Psaltery",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 59.8 x 15 cm (23 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)",
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            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.",
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