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    "localId": "1897",
    "label": "Situla with Erased Cartouche of Akhenaten",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.456"
}

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    "id": "1897",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.456",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Situla with Erased Cartouche of Akhenaten",
    "description": "Situlae were vessels used to pour offerings of milk or water in purification rituals. They take the form of a human breast and were associated with the goddess Isis. Situlae were found in temple treasuries at Amarna, the city built by the pharaoh Akhenaten to honor Aten, the sun-disk deity. This vessel continued to be used after the demise of Akhenaten and the king's birth name has been erased. It has a central field containing three columns of inscription executed in dark blue glaze.",
    "provenance": "Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, no. 268; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1351-1334 BCE (New Kingdom-Amarna)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.456",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "vases"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30.5,
            "height": 10.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "12 x 4 1/4 in. (30.48 x 10.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] \"\"High priest of Re-Harakhty",
        "who rejoices on the horizon: Nefer-kheperu-Re Wa-en-Re",
        "who satisfies Re (in his) temple",
        "[Akh-en-jth]",
        "whose lifetime is long.\"\""
    ],
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Akhenaten (1351-1334 BC)",
    "med": "faience with blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "6",
        "2581"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_48.456_Prof_TR_98II.jpg",
    "mediaId": "691b32b91283555f"
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