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    "localId": "14425",
    "label": "Ba Bird",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1472"
}

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    "id": "14425",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1472",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ba Bird",
    "description": "The \"ba,\" depicted as a human-headed bird, was a spiritual aspect of one's personality.",
    "provenance": "Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "3rd century BCE (early Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1472",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "amulets",
        "pendants",
        "amulet pendant"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1472_Fnt_TR_C79II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.1472_Fnt_TR_C79II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 5.8,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 2 1/4 x D: 1/16 in. (2.6 x 5.78 x 0.14 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "early Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "gold, stone inlay",
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    ],
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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