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{
    "localId": "22996",
    "label": "Scarab with Name of Sa-nebet-Junet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.18"
}

{
    "id": "22996",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.18",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab with Name of Sa-nebet-Junet",
    "description": "This scarab is inscribed on the flat underside with vertically arranged column writing. The inscription identifies an individual, Sa-nebet-Junet and makes a statement of the individual's social status. The top is incised with a very detailed, deeply incised design with regular line flow. The workmanship is slightly rough and the piece is not very carefully made. The scarab functioned as a private name seal and as a user-individualized amulet. It wsa originally mounted or threaded. Teh amulet should assure constancy of individual existence and social status, as well as renewal. The combination of frame lines with 'C'-shaped elements is less common than 'S' and 'Z'-shaped spiral scroll enclosures.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1794-1648 BCE (Late Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.18",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.18_VwA_DD_TranscriptionRS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.18_VwA_DD_TranscriptionRS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.18_VwA_DD_TranscriptionRS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 2.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/8 x W: 5/8 x L: 7/8 in. (1 x 1.6 x 2.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] The great Wab-priest of Khons: Sa-nebet-Junet.",
    "dynasty": "13th Dynasty",
    "med": "light brown steatite with blue or green glaze(?).",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 6,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.18_VwA_DD_TranscriptionRS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "db304c52518e3b4f"
}