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{
    "localId": "19706",
    "label": "Ring with Reclining Ram",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.970"
}

{
    "id": "19706",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.970",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with Reclining Ram",
    "description": "This impressive ring is decorated with chased geometric patterns on the hoop and a reclining ram on top. Lotus blossom ornaments in relief adorn the sides and indicate Egyptian influence. Rings like this would most likely have been worn by high-ranking officials or priests.",
    "provenance": "Baurat Schiller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Berlin, 1929, no. 106C; Bachstitz, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "14th-13th century BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.970",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.970_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.970_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.970_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 1 1/2 in. (3.87 cm); Animal H: 5/8 x W: 9/16 x D: 15/16 in. (1.53 x 1.37 x 2.37 cm); Inner Diam.: 3/8 in. (0.94 cm); Outer Diam.: 3/4 in. (1.96 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Syro-Palestine",
    "med": "electrum",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3930"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_57.970_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6acf4848ecf9870f"
}