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{
    "localId": "15581",
    "label": "St. John the Baptist",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.420"
}

{
    "id": "15581",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.420",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "St. John the Baptist",
    "description": "This is a fragment from the upper arm of a hand-held bronze cross. One side contains a bust of Saint John the Baptist. The other side displays a cross-shaped monogram whose letters form the word KYPIE, vocative of \"Lord\" - probably the beginning of an inscription that once read \"Lord, help [name of the donor]\".",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "6th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.420",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "crosses (objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.420_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.420_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.420_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 5.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 9/16 x 2 3/16 in. (4 x 5.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] KYPIE",
    "med": "bronze with inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_54.420_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "941df9dcd1f00d18"
}