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{
    "localId": "25367",
    "label": "Amulet of Taweret",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.219"
}

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    "id": "25367",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.219",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amulet of Taweret",
    "description": "Upper part of the upright standing hippopotamus goddess Taweret. Taweret was a protective goddess, especially for pregnant women, childbirth, and newborn children.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1450-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.219",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.219_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.219_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.6,
            "height": 3.5,
            "depth": 3.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 3/8 x D: 1 5/16 in. (5.63 x 3.53 x 3.33 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "med": "rock crystal",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_42.219_NF_3846-tms.jpg",
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}