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    "localId": "11456",
    "label": "Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1604"
}

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    "id": "11456",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1604",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring",
    "description": "Unlike seal and marriage rings, which had functional and social significance, small rings of this type were purely ornamental.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "7th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1604",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1604_Gp_BW_H53.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1604_Gp_BW_H53.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.6,
            "height": 1.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "5/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 in. (1.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "gold, pearls, semiprecious stones",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "BYZ",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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