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    "localId": "1169",
    "label": "Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.399"
}

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    "id": "1169",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.399",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring",
    "description": "Blue faience ring of flimsy construction with crudely incised hieroglyphs which refer to the new god Aten of the Amarna revolution.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1351-1334 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amarna)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.399",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.399_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.399_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.399_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall W: 3/4 in. (1.95 cm); Bezel L: 9/16 x W: 1/4 in. (1.48 x 0.66 cm); Inner Diam.: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Outer Diam.: 5/8 in. (1.63 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Akhenaten (1351-1334 BC)",
    "med": "faience with blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "4a50704f5fd98544"
}