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{
    "localId": "23723",
    "label": "Scarab of Akhenaten",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.71"
}

{
    "id": "23723",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.71",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab of Akhenaten",
    "description": "This amulet should secure Akhenaten's epiphany, as well as his royal authority, and guarantee for a private owner his royal patronage.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1351-1334 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amarna)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.71",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.71_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.71_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.71_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.5,
            "height": 1.1,
            "depth": 7.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 2 15/16 in. (1.5 x 1.05 x 7.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Throne name of King Akhenaten in a cartouche combined with a title",
        "which represents the multiplicity and diversity of the divine manifestation of the king: Nefer-kheperu-Re wa-en-Re",
        "/ Lord of Appearances."
    ],
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Akhenaten (1351-1334 BC)",
    "med": "light brown steatite with green-blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "86e66a80852ed885"
}