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    "localId": "26754",
    "label": "Orbiculum",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.468"
}

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    "id": "26754",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.468",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Orbiculum",
    "description": "This roundel called and orbiculum would have decorated a tunic. A flowering tree divides the roundel in four segments. In the lower tier two birds of prey face each other while at the top two naked figures (possibly putti) sit holding the tree tendrils with their right hand.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century (Early Byzantine)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.468",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "segmentums"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.468_Fnt_BW_H53.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_83.468_Fnt_BW_H53.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.7,
            "height": 12
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 4 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (10.7 x 12 cm),"
}

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    "cul": "Coptic",
    "med": "Wool and linenWarp: 1 ply undyed wool spun leftweft: 1 ply undyed wool spun leftweft: 1 ply undyed linen spun leftweft: 1 ply blue wool soun leftTechnique: Tapestry",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "6833"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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