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    "localId": "27507",
    "label": "Djed Pillar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2655"
}

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    "id": "27507",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2655",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Djed Pillar",
    "description": "The djed pillar is a hieroglyphic sign meaning \"duration\" and \"stability.\" It is also a symbol of Osiris, the god of the underworld.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "660-410 BC (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2655",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.2655_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.5,
            "height": 2.5,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 3/4 x W: 1 x D: 1/4 in. (9.5 x 2.49 x 0.63 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th-27th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with blue glaze",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ]
}

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