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{
    "localId": "18783",
    "label": "Scarab with Unification Image",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.79"
}

{
    "id": "18783",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.79",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab with Unification Image",
    "description": "This steatite scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged bottom design combining the 'unification of the Two Lands' icon with a basket. The design of the scarab's back is simple, with unbalanced proportions and heavy extremities. The piece is simply made and the workmanship is slightly rough. This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet, and should secure for its owner renewal and royal protection. It would have originally been mounted or threaded.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos; late MB IIB)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.79",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.79_VwA_DD_hieroglyphictext_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.79_VwA_DD_hieroglyphictext_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.79_VwA_DD_hieroglyphictext_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.8,
            "height": 1.2,
            "depth": 1.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5/16 x W: 1/2 x L: 11/16 in. (0.8 x 1.2 x 1.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Combination of a sm3-t3.wj-icon (\"\"unification of the Two Lands\"\") and a nb-basket; framed by an oval line.",
    "dynasty": "15th Dynasty",
    "med": "beige steatite with light blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182",
        "15541"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.79_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9792a2de5809c3c4"
}