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{
    "localId": "12481",
    "label": "Seal with Jackal Headed Deity and Female Figure",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.731"
}

{
    "id": "12481",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.731",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Seal with Jackal Headed Deity and Female Figure",
    "description": "This piece is carved in intaglio and has been perforated longitudinally. On the broader sides are represented (a) an ass-headed or jackal-headed deity (Set or Anubis) facing to the right with the right hand raised to the level of the face and the left hand at the side, and (b) a female figure facig the front with her hands raised to the level of her head. On the narrower sides are depicted (c) a snake, and (d) an inscription.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "mid 3rd-6th century CE (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.731",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cylinder seals (artifacts)",
        "beads"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.731_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.731_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.731_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2,
            "height": 1.1,
            "depth": 1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 3/8 in. (2 x 1.1 x 0.95 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Gnostic",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] On narrow side: Ιαω",
    "med": "black jasper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_42.731_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a703a944ceacc3e9"
}