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{
    "localId": "11507",
    "label": "Ptah",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1613"
}

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    "id": "11507",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1613",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ptah",
    "description": "The god Ptah is shown standing on a rectangular base and holding a was-scepter. There is an inscription on the rear piller, which is pierced for suspension near the top.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1613",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-figurine",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1613_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1613_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1613_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.3,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 3/8 in. (6.25 x 1.35 x 0.88 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] To be recited: Ptah",
        "give all life",
        "all health",
        "all dignity like Re eternally."
    ],
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with 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_48.1613_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "892776af45d91420"
}