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    "localId": "12864",
    "label": "Patera with Figural Handle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.162"
}

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    "id": "12864",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.162",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Patera with Figural Handle",
    "description": "A patera is a shallow bowl used for rituals. Around the rim of the bowl is inscribed: ANIOVM (Shuthina, in reverse, meaning \"sepulchral\"), an inscription indicating the object was meant to be placed in a tomb. The handle is in the form of a muscular nude woman wearing a necklace and shoes who supports the edge of the bowl with her upraised arms. The ring below her feet is for suspension.",
    "provenance": "Browne and Forman Collections; W. H. Forman Collection Sale, London, 1899, no. 134; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "4th-3rd century BCE (Late Classical-Hellenistic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.162",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "paterae",
        "bowls"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 37,
            "height": 19.7,
            "depth": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "14 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (37 x 19.7 x 2.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Etruscan",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] ANIOVM (Shuthina",
        "in reverse",
        "meaning \"\"sepulchral\"\")"
    ],
    "med": "bronze with traces of gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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