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{
    "localId": "26216",
    "label": "Private Name Seal of Reni-seneb",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.40"
}

{
    "id": "26216",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.40",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Private Name Seal of Reni-seneb",
    "description": "This steatite scarab is inscribed on the flat underside with vertically arranged column writing that name an individual and make a statement of social status. The top is carved with a detailed design in deep lines with regular flow. The piece is simply made and the workmanship is slightly rough. The scarab functioned as a private name seal, and user individualized amulet and was originally mounted or threaded. The amulet should guarantee constancy of individual existence and social status. The name Reni-seneb was very popular in the Middle Kingdom.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1794-1648 BCE (Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12-13)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.40",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.40_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.40_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.40_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.9,
            "height": 1.6,
            "depth": 2.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/8 x W: 5/8 x L: 15/16 in. (0.9 x 1.6 x 2.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription]  \"\"Overseer of the office of calculationsand distributions: Reni-\t\tseneb",
        "the justified one.\"\"The flower bunch for the phrase \"\"the justified one\"\" is reversed."
    ],
    "dynasty": "13th Dynasty",
    "med": "beige steatite with green-blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2345"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.40_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "478207c80a96d9e5"
}