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{
    "localId": "13420",
    "label": "Maat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.426"
}

{
    "id": "13420",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.426",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Maat",
    "description": "The amulet made of a bright blue glass-like faience (?) was made in a mold with some later working. It represents Maat, the personification of Truth, as a woman seated with knees drawn up. There is a hold in the head to attach an ostrich feather, the hieroglyph for her name. A loop projects from the back of her head for suspension.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1450-730 BCE (New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.426",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "figurines",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-pendant",
        "figurine"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.426_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.5,
            "height": 1,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/8 x W: 3/8 x D: 1/2 in. (3.45 x 1.02 x 1.28 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "Egyptian faience (?), blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "454",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.426_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e1ebe8f29b788d49"
}