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{
    "localId": "17114",
    "label": "Amulet of Horus the Child",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.222"
}

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    "id": "17114",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.222",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amulet of Horus the Child",
    "description": "The god Horus-the-Child seated on a pillow, knees drawn up, is carved in relief on both sides of a thin piece of lapis lazuli. A perforation runs from the top of the head to the back of the skull.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1550-1307 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.222",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "amulets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.222_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.222_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 0.9,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 3/8 x D: 1/16 in. (2.58 x 0.94 x 0.08 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "med": "lapis lazuli",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
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        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.222_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
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