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    "localId": "22687",
    "label": "Sarcophagus with Sphinxes in Columned Arcade",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.85"
}

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    "id": "22687",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.85",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sarcophagus with Sphinxes in Columned Arcade",
    "description": "The lid and body of the sarcophagus bear extensive decoration, consisting of vegetal motifs, columns, sphinxes, dolphins, and gorgoneions.",
    "provenance": "Sotheby's, Parke-Bernet, New York, 24 April 1970, lot 186 [said to be from Tyre, Lebanon]; Walters Art Museum, 1970, by purchase.",
    "date": "3rd-4th century (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.85",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "sarcophagi (coffins)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_55.85_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_55.85_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 58.1,
            "height": 40.6,
            "depth": 168.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 22 7/8 x 16 x 66 1/2 in. (58.1 x 40.6 x 168.9 cm)base: 24 x 36 x 24 in. (61 x 91.4 x 61 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "lead",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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