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{
    "localId": "10835",
    "label": "Scarab of Thutmose IV",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.72"
}

{
    "id": "10835",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.72",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab of Thutmose IV",
    "description": "This amulet should secure the everlasting stability and royal authority for Thutmose IV, whose throne name is in the cartouche, and provide a private owner with his royal patronage. One can speculate that scarabs with a royal name and this epithet were distributed during the foundation rituals of temples or monuments.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1397-1388 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.72",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.72_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.72_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.72_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.7,
            "height": 1.2,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 1/4 in. (1.7 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche combined with a wish formula: Men-kheperu-Re",
        "/ (whose) monuments are everlasting."
    ],
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Thutmose IV (1397-1388 BC)",
    "med": "brown steatite with blue-green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.72_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "952158dabff7df3f"
}