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{
    "localId": "27233",
    "label": "Sword (\"\"Shamshir\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.13"
}

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    "id": "27233",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.13",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sword (\"\"Shamshir\"\")",
    "description": "The scalloped blade is inscribed with an Arabic couplet: “In cowardice is shame, and in boldness is nobility. For man does not by cowardice escape from fate.”",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Early Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.13",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "swords",
        "scimitars"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38,
            "height": 88.5,
            "depth": 3.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "14 15/16 x 34 13/16 x 1 3/8 in. (38 x 88.5 x 3.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Inscribed on blade: In cowardice is shame",
        "and in boldness is nobility; for a man does not by cowardice escape from fate."
    ],
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: horn",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2828",
        "2431"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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