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{
    "localId": "2088",
    "label": "Isis Nursing Horus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.346"
}

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    "id": "2088",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.346",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Isis Nursing Horus",
    "description": "A lapis lazuli amulet representing the goddess Isis seated on a throne decorated with a scale pattern. She holds her left breast and raises the head of infant Horus on her lap. The broad face and squat proportions may indicate an early date. The back is perforated at shoulder level.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.346",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.346_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.346_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.346_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.6,
            "height": 1.3,
            "depth": 1.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 11/16 in. (3.58 x 1.25 x 1.79 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "med": "lapis lazuli",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 5,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.346_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0eb40598a39bacaa"
}