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{
    "localId": "19447",
    "label": "Scarab Amulet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.16"
}

{
    "id": "19447",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.16",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Amulet",
    "description": "The underside of this scarab is inscribed with a spiral scroll and lotus blossom motif. Such scarabs were very popular in the Middle Kingdom, and the Hyksos Period. The meaning of the pattern is unclear, but it seems most likely that it expresses general support or protection.",
    "provenance": "Prof. Newberry (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos; Late MB IIB)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.16",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.16_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.16_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.16_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.8,
            "height": 1.8,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5/16 x L: 11/16 x W: 1/2 in. (0.8 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "15th Dynasty",
    "med": "light beige steatite (originally glazed)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.16_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8d252878eac8d852"
}