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{
    "localId": "16223",
    "label": "Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1673"
}

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    "id": "16223",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1673",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Triad of Isis, Nepthys, and Harpocrates",
    "description": "While Egyptian jewelry was worn in daily life, most of the examples known today came from tombs, where they adorned mummies. Amulets provided magical protection for the wearer in both life and death. Represented here are Horus the Child (Harpokrates) flanked by Isis and Nephthys.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "4th-mid 3rd century BCE (Late Period-early Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1673",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants (jewelry)",
        "amulets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1673_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1673_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 2,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 3/4 x D: 3/16 in. (2.6 x 1.96 x 0.51 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "28th-Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1673_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1c6d36817592157d"
}