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{
    "localId": "28522",
    "label": "Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.631"
}

{
    "id": "28522",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.631",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and an Inscription",
    "description": "The scene on this seal features an interceding goddess leading a bald worshipper wearing a long robe by the hands, to seated deity. Cuneiform inscription in two registers.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 2050-1950 BCE (Ur III)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.631",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "cylinder seals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.631_SideC_DD_T06.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.631_SideC_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.631_SideC_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diam: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Neo-Sumerian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transliteration",
        "Sumerian] 1. lugal?-a?-gi? 2. dumu da?-ga#? [https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P272863]"
    ],
    "med": "black stone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4297"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.631_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bca7f84dd8e3f083"
}