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{
    "localId": "21357",
    "label": "Tablet with Inscription",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1803"
}

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    "id": "21357",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1803",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tablet with Inscription",
    "description": "This tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces, was blackened in baking, and is broken in two parts. The inscription has not been translated. The tablet was repaired in 1957 and may be a forgery.",
    "provenance": "Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "2nd-early 1st millennium BCE or modern",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1803",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "tablets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1803_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1803_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1803_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 4.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/16 x W: 1 7/8 in. (5.8 x 4.8 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription]",
    "med": "clay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6353"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1803_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "aa07dd86293a5f11"
}