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{
    "localId": "17195",
    "label": "Bastet Holding an Aegis",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.409"
}

{
    "id": "17195",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.409",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bastet Holding an Aegis",
    "description": "The ancient Egyptians donated figures of their gods for use in temple rituals; smaller images served as amulets to ensure divine protection. Goddesses in particular were viewed as protective deities. From earliest times, Egyptian venerated a wide circle of feline-headed female deities, such as Sakhmet, Tefnut, Wadjet, and Bastet.  This statuette of a standing Bastet has an usekh-collar with a lioness head in her hand as a protective symbol. The inscription on the base names the donor of the figure.",
    "provenance": "[From Mitrahina]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 305-250 BCE (early Ptolemaic Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.409",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.409_3QtrLft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.409_3QtrLft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.409_3QtrLft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.3,
            "height": 3.6,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 13/16 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (12.3 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm); H with base:  6 9/16 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 1 5/8 in. (16.6 x 4.1 x 4.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Bastet may give life to Amen-er-dj-s",
        "son of the priest of Amun Pefti-w-[m]-awj-Neith",
        "born of the lady of the house Mut-er-dj-s."
    ],
    "dynasty": "early Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze with silver and electrum",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2172",
        "2200",
        "2345",
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.409_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cfd94ea7fa76c2a5"
}