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    "localId": "21519",
    "label": "Plaque from the Tomb of Shah Isma'il",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.580"
}

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    "id": "21519",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.580",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque from the Tomb of Shah Isma'il",
    "description": "The Qur'anic inscription carved in thuluth script is from \"Surat al-dahr\" (The time), 76:12-13: \"And because they were patient, He will reward them with paradise and silken robes. Reclining on couches, they will see neither the heat of the sun nor the cold of the moon.\" This finely carved plaque is believed to be from the tomb of the Iranian ruler Shah Isma'il I (r. 1501-24). Shah Isma'il founded the Safavid dynasty in Iran in 1501 and is buried at Ardabil, in northwestern Iran.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st quarter 16th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.580",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ivory & Bone",
        "plaques (flat objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.580_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.580_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.580_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Iranian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] From Qur'an 76:12-13: And because they were patient",
        "He will reward them with paradise and silken robes.  Reclining on couches",
        "they will see neither the heat of the sun nor the cold of the moon."
    ],
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "reign": "Shah Isma'il I (AD 1502-1524)",
    "med": "ivory (elephant tusk)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2827",
        "3171"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_71.580_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "10711fc4c7207983"
}