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{
    "localId": "18510",
    "label": "Horus Falcon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2115"
}

{
    "id": "18510",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2115",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Horus Falcon",
    "description": "This falcon is a verson of the god Horus, as indicated by the Double Crown (pschent) of Egypt he wears. The rectangular hole under the tail indicates that this statuette may have been used as a reliquary for bones from a sacred falcon.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 8th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2115",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2115_3QtrLftA_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2115_3QtrLftA_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2115_3QtrLftA_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 36.8,
            "height": 10.9,
            "depth": 26.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 1/2 x w: 4 5/16 x D: 10 9/16 in. (36.8 x 10.9 x 26.9 cm); H with tang: 15 1/16 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 10 9/16 in. (38.2 x 10.9 x 26.9 cm); H with base: 18 7/8 x W: 5 7/8 x D: 11 11/16 in. (48 x 15 x 29.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 6,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2115_3QtrRtA_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ba041ab209e08db5"
}