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{
    "localId": "30538",
    "label": "Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2657"
}

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    "id": "30538",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2657",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols",
    "description": "Originally made up of six inscribed medallions, this armband demonstrates the intermixing of Christian, Jewish, and pagan imagery on an object of magical, medicinal purpose. Judging by the inscriptions, most armbands (made in Byzantine Syria and Egypt) were used to treat abdominal disorders.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Frank Sternberg, Zurich, November 20, 1990; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.",
    "date": "6th-7th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2657",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "armbands"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2657_Lft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2657_Lft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2657_Lft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 8,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "fragment A: 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/16 in. (1.8 x 8 x 0.1 cm);fragment B: 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/16 in. (1.7 x 5.7 x 0.1 cm);fragment C: 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/16 in. (1.8 x 5.7 x 0.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] + Ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν βοηθία τοῦ [Ὑψίστου]; [Translation] + He who dwells in the shelter of [the Most High] (cf. Psalm 91:1)",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2821"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_54.2657_VwB_BW_T91.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f7364a1533f0278b"
}