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{
    "localId": "1011",
    "label": "Scarab Amulet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1984.30.5"
}

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    "id": "1011",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1984.30.5",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Amulet",
    "description": "Scarab with flat underside and without bottom design. Such a scarab was a funerary amulet with a connotation of renewal. The scarab is pierced and was originally mounted or threaded.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Sewell C. Biggs, Middletown, Delaware, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1984, by gift.",
    "date": "946-525 BC (Third Intermediate-early Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/1984.30.5",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "amulets",
        "scarabs"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_1984.30.5_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_1984.30.5_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_1984.30.5_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.7,
            "height": 3.9,
            "depth": 28.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5/8 x W: 1 9/16 x L: 11 1/4 in. (1.65 x 3.9 x 28.5 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "22nd-26th Dynasty",
    "med": "serpentine, brown with beige inclusions",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_1984.30.5_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "35a56bbe067b728d"
}