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{
    "localId": "19900",
    "label": "Neheb-kau",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1615"
}

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    "id": "19900",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1615",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Neheb-kau",
    "description": "The serpent-god Neheb-kau was one of 42 \"judges\" the deceased encountered in the underworld, according to the funerary text known as \"The Book of the Dead.\" Neheb-kau, identified with invincible living power, provided nourishment to the dead; he was also identified as a manifestation of the creator god Atum. This representation has a human body with a serpent head and tail. The knees are flexed, and the hands at the mouth.",
    "provenance": "Sheik Ismael [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1070-730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1615",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1615_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1615_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1615_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.4,
            "height": 0.9,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/16 x W: 3/8 x D: 3/4 in. (3.4 x 0.92 x 1.91 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "21st-22nd Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with pale green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1615_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a15eb15f0141de52"
}