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    "localId": "16132",
    "label": "Stamp Seal",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.352"
}

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    "id": "16132",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.352",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Stamp Seal",
    "description": "The Hittites, whose empire rivaled that of Egypt in the 14th and 13th centuries BC, used beautifully sculpted stamp seals with writing on the bezel. Here, a central field of Hittite hieroglyphs is surrounded by others, whose meaning is uncertain. Each hieroglyph, including a seated figure, a tree, and a snake, is a richly detailed image in its own right.",
    "provenance": "[Seen at Ayidin, Turkey, by M. Sorlin-Dorigny, ca. 1890; ills. Perrot and Chipiez, Art in Sardinia, II, p. 278]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "16th-15th century BCE (Late Bronze Age (Hittite Empire))",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.352",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "seals (artifacts)"
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    "imageCount": 2,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.8,
            "height": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/2 x Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Hittite",
    "med": "hematite",
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