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{
    "localId": "2545",
    "label": "Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.187"
}

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    "id": "2545",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.187",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "description": "On the base of this carnelian scarab a sphinx wearing a royal war crown reclines over the body of a fallen enemy.",
    "provenance": "Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 22, 1909, lot 1; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "Scarab: 1504-1388 BCE; Ring: Modern (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.187",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.187_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.187_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.187_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.1,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/16 x W: 5/8 x L: 7/8 in. (1.1 x 1.6 x 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "med": "carnelian; mount: gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.187_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
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}