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{
    "localId": "19006",
    "label": "Intaglio with Animals and an Ouroboros Set in a Pin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.870"
}

{
    "id": "19006",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.870",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with Animals and an Ouroboros Set in a Pin",
    "description": "This intaglio depicts a bundle, possibly a representation of Amon, lying on a table or couch. On the right is an ox-headed serpent, and on the left is a monster formed from the head of a ram, the neck of a snake, and the body of a goat. Characters are above and below. On the very top is a oval enclosing five stars, and on the bottom is a four-legged animal, perhaps a jackal or a fox. The entire image is sorrounded by an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail). The intaglio is mounted in gold as a stick pin. The reverse is plain.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.",
    "date": "1st-4th century CE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.870",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "amulets",
        "stickpins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.870_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.870_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.870_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.7,
            "height": 1.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/16 x W: 3/4 x D: 3/16 in. (2.7 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Gnostic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] Below stars: magical characters and HB; [Inscription] Below the main design",
        "two lines of characters and some letters"
    ],
    "med": "pale yellow carnelian; mount: gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_42.870_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7be962ae9009b529"
}