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{
    "localId": "12323",
    "label": "Inlay of a Falcon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.179"
}

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    "id": "12323",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.179",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inlay of a Falcon",
    "description": "The inlay represents a falcon depicted without many details. Glass was used in Egypt not before the Thutmosidic Period. This piece is somewhat crude and may either belong to one of the first test examples or was created by an inexperienced glass maker.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1450-730 BCE (New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.179",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glasswares",
        "inlays",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_47.179_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_47.179_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_47.179_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.5,
            "height": 3.1,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/8 x W: 1 3/16 x D: 1/8 in. (3.54 x 3.08 x 0.34 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th-22nd Dynasty",
    "med": "dark blue glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "454"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_47.179_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6835a59f585b6216"
}