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{
    "localId": "29192",
    "label": "Stamp Seal in the Form of a Reclining Calf",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.540"
}

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    "id": "29192",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.540",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Stamp Seal in the Form of a Reclining Calf",
    "description": "This stamp seal is carved in the shape of a reclining bull. The base is engraved with a design of five large felines and other scattered animals.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 4th-early 3rd millennium BCE (Jamdet Nasr)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.540",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "seals (artifacts)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.540_Top_DD_T05.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.540_Top_DD_T05.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.2,
            "height": 3.9,
            "depth": 1.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 3/4 in. (3.2 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Sumerian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription]",
    "med": "carved marble",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6353"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "a971a5fd7ed13b93"
}