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{
    "localId": "27004",
    "label": "Tablet of Sin-Kashid",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1805"
}

{
    "id": "27004",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1805",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tablet of Sin-Kashid",
    "description": "This clay tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces and a building inscription of Sin-Kashid of Uruk. This tablet bears the same inscription as 48.1804, a cone of Sin-Kashid.",
    "provenance": "Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "1865-1833 BCE (Old Babylonian)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1805",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "tablets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1805_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1805_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1805_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6,
            "height": 4.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 7/8 in. (6 x 4.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Babylonian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation from composite text of Cuneiform Digital Library RIME 4.04.01.02] Sin-kashid",
        "/ the mighty man",
        "/ king of Uruk",
        "/ king of Amnanum",
        "/ his palace / of kingship / he built. [https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272908]"
    ],
    "med": "clay, impressed",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7023"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1805_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0978d6d2f8af40d9"
}