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{
    "localId": "29098",
    "label": "Scarab Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1253"
}

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    "id": "29098",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1253",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Ring",
    "description": "The hoop of this turquoise-colored faience ring ends in lotus blossoms; the bezel is in the form of a scarab.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1388-1351 BC (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1253",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1253_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1253_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1253_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.3,
            "height": 0.9,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/2 x W: 3/8 x D: 3/16 in. (1.3 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm); Inner Diam: 7/8 in. (2.22 cm); Outer Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Amenophis III (1388-1351 BC) (?)",
    "med": "faience with blue-green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1253_VwA_DD_rare_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e7dbbb636462d369"
}