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    "localId": "20963",
    "label": "Combination Lock",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.508"
}

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    "id": "20963",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.508",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Combination Lock",
    "description": "This padlock has alphabetical combination marks, running on four revolving sections.Combination locks were already known in the Seljuk period; they are found on 12th-century safe boxes.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "17th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.508",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "combination locks"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.508_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12,
            "height": 3.3,
            "depth": 1.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 3/4 × W: 1 5/16 × D: 11/16 in. (12 × 3.3 × 1.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "style": "Safavid",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "cast and engraved brass",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "781"
    ]
}

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