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    "localId": "28370",
    "label": "Ring with an Intaglio of a Seated Man",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2211"
}

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    "id": "28370",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2211",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with an Intaglio of a Seated Man",
    "description": "The intaglio set in this ring depicts a nude man sitting on rocks in profile to the left. He holds an object in his left hand. To the left of the figure is a statue, possibly of the god Priapus, on a column with the branches of a tree shown behind.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2211",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "finger rings",
        "intaglios"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2211_Fnt_BW_H61.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.2211_Fnt_BW_H61.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.9,
            "height": 2.6,
            "depth": 2.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3/4 x 1 1/16 x 7/8 in. (1.9 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "carnelian; ring: bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "21d8bae907640034"
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