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{
    "localId": "10400",
    "label": "Pilgrim Token with Saint Symeon Stylite the Younger",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.78"
}

{
    "id": "10400",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.78",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pilgrim Token with Saint Symeon Stylite the Younger",
    "description": "This pilgrim's token shows Saint Symeon of the Wondrous Mountain (d. 592) on top of the column that he used as a hermitage. Below stand his disciple Conon and his mother Martha. Above, two angels crown him for his ascetic exploits. The other side of the medallion carries a cross. Such medallions were given to pilgrims to the shrine of Saint Symeon, located close to Antioch on the Orontes, modern-day Antakya in Turkey.",
    "provenance": "Emmanuel (Manolis) Segredakis, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1100 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.78",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "medallions (medals)",
        "tokens"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_55.78_Fnt_BW_H45.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_55.78_Fnt_BW_H45.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Blessing of Saint Simeon the Miracle-Worker. Amen.",
    "dynasty": "Comnenean Dynasty",
    "med": "composite material",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3930"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "717"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_55.78_Fnt_BW_H45.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f6fc60138721e4fa"
}