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{
    "localId": "24431",
    "label": "Foundation Stone with Inscriptions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.30"
}

{
    "id": "24431",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.30",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Foundation Stone with Inscriptions",
    "description": "Daughter of King Thutmose I and wife of her half-brother, King Thutmose II, Queen Hatshepsut eventually ruled Egypt as pharaoh in her own right. This commemorative stone was placed at a construction site, probably of the temple built for her at Deir el-Bahari, one of the most beautiful monuments of ancient Egypt. It bears the queen's throne name, Maat-ka-re, as well as that of the temple's architect, Senenmut.",
    "provenance": "Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922, p. 83, no. 648; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1479-1458 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.30",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "stones",
        "foundations"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_41.30_Back_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_41.30_Back_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_41.30_Back_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.4,
            "height": 5.4,
            "depth": 3.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "15/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (2.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] The Good God",
        "Maat-ka-re (Hatshepsut)",
        "Beloved of Amun",
        "By the Overseer of the fields of Amun",
        "Senenmut",
        "who made these difficult (things) for Amun",
        "by the Overseer of the House/Temple of Amun",
        "Senenmut."
    ],
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Hatshepsut (1479-1458/57 BC)",
    "med": "limestone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_41.30_Bot_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "da83c23fd4965cd4"
}