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{
    "localId": "12800",
    "label": "Taweret",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.215"
}

{
    "id": "12800",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.215",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Taweret",
    "description": "While Taweret representations usually have hippo heads, this Taweret figurine is lion-headed. Taweret stands with her arms at her sides; she does not have attributes.",
    "provenance": "Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Giovanni Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 41, no. 346; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1070-730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.215",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "amulets",
        "figurines",
        "amulet-figurine"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.215_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.215_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.215_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 0.6,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 1/4 x D: 1/4 in. (3.99 x 0.58 x 0.64 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "21st-22nd Dynasty",
    "med": "green serpentinite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.215_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fb538f94d8acb58b"
}