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    "localId": "15392",
    "label": "Tilapia Fish",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.196"
}

{
    "id": "15392",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.196",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tilapia Fish",
    "description": "Fish were not only a major staple in the diet of the ancient Egyptians, but many species were also related to gods. This exceptional fish pendant depicts a \"Tilapia nilotica,\" a common species in the Nile. It was appreciated for its taste, and was also regarded as a symbol of rebirth and resurrection because it carries its eggs in its mouth and was, therefore, believed to be self-created. Carnelian was very popular in the New Kingdom and was used especially for rings, pendants, and other items of jewelry.",
    "provenance": "William Tyssen-Amherst, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Collection of Lord Carmichael of Skirling [a few miles north of Biggar, Scotland] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Antiquities of the Collection of the Late Lord Carmichael of Skirling Sale, Sotheby and Company, London, June 9, 1926, p. 22, lot 233 (19); Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1926, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1390-1295 BCE (New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.196",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "amulets",
        "jewelry",
        "amulet-pendants"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.196_RtSide_DD_T12.jpg",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.196_RtSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 3.2,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/4 in. (1.8 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "med": "carnelian, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2682",
        "3193",
        "3240"
    ]
}

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