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{
    "localId": "19874",
    "label": "Inkwell with \"\"Kufic\"\" and \"\"Naskhi\"\" Inscriptions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.514"
}

{
    "id": "19874",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.514",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inkwell with \"\"Kufic\"\" and \"\"Naskhi\"\" Inscriptions",
    "description": "This inkwell is inscribed with invocations petitioning God's graces for the owner. One reads: \"With joy, divine grace, fortune, spiritual integrity, piety.\" The sentiment of the inscribed prayers is appropriate for this ceremonial inkwell, which was likely used for writing official acts of state.",
    "provenance": "[Hamadan Treasure]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1200 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.514",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "inkwells"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.514_VwA_DD_T09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.514_VwA_DD_T09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.514_VwA_DD_T09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.3,
            "height": 8.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 1/16 × Diam: 3 3/8 in. (10.3 × 8.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] May might and triumph be ever yours",
        "as long as the sun and the moon rise. . .[Translation] With joy",
        "divine grace",
        "fortune",
        "spiritual integrity",
        "piety."
    ],
    "med": "copper alloy inlaid with silver and copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6693"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2289",
        "2759",
        "2827"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.514_VwC_DD_T09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6173e9a1ea447dc9"
}