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{
    "localId": "27145",
    "label": "Heart Scarab",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.81"
}

{
    "id": "27145",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.81",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Heart Scarab",
    "description": "This serpentine scarab has a flat underside with a vertically arranged inscription with the text from spell 30B of the \"Book of the Dead.\" The back of the scarab has a detailed design with a polished surface and almost balanced proportions. The workmanship is good and the piece is carefully made. This scarab functioned as an independent, user individualized funerary amulet with a renewal connotation and supportive function for the deceased in the Court of the Dead.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1070-736 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.81",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.81_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.81_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.81_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.7,
            "height": 4.4,
            "depth": 6.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/16 x W: 1 3/4 x L: 2 1/2 in. (2.7 x 4.4 x 6.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Recitation of Osiris: (the) head of beverages depot",
        "Pa-en-Ptah: / Heart (that I received) from my mother",
        "heart (that I received) from my mother",
        "heart of my (different) ages",
        "do not stand up against  / me as witness; do not contradict me in the court; do nothing against me in front of the deities; / do not treat me with hostility in front of the Keeper of the Balance. You are my Ka (life-force)",
        "which is in my body; the creator",
        "/ who makes the limbs of my body whole; you may come out to the beautiful place",
        "which is there prepared for me. Do not cause my name / to stink in the presence of the members of the court",
        "who make people to resurrected (at) the beautiful place. Excellent is it for the posers; a pleasure is it / for the judge. Do not speak lies against me beside the great god. / See",
        "you are elected to exist (as a justified one)."
    ],
    "dynasty": "21st-22nd Dynasty",
    "med": "black-brown serpentine",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.81_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5fdab31b3e4762b0"
}