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    "localId": "11051",
    "label": "Amulet of the Goddess Taweret",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1555"
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    "id": "11051",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1555",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amulet of the Goddess Taweret",
    "description": "Taweret, the \"Great [female] One,\" was represented as a pregnant hippopotamus with lion paws and a crocodile tail. She was one of the most popular protective deities of ancient Egypt, being responsible for pregnant women and small children.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 350 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1555",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets",
        "figurines",
        "pendants"
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    "imageCount": 4,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.1,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 2.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/8 x W: 9/16 x D: 15/16 in. (6.1 x 1.35 x 2.38 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "30th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green-blue glaze",
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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