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{
    "localId": "21888",
    "label": "Ram",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.343"
}

{
    "id": "21888",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.343",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ram",
    "description": "The ram was a sacred animal and manifestation of gods such as Amun and Khnum. This pendant is smoothly carved of lapis lazuli. It has a round pierced projection on the back.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "746-525 BCE (Late Third Intermediate-Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.343",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "pendants",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-pendants",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.343_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.343_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.343_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.3,
            "height": 2.1,
            "depth": 0.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/2 x W: 13/16 x D: 1/4 in. (1.33 x 2.09 x 0.67 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "25th-26th Dynasty",
    "med": "lapis lazuli",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.343_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7e83577dd1e28b27"
}