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{
    "localId": "31161",
    "label": "Scarab Amulet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.25"
}

{
    "id": "31161",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.25",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Amulet",
    "description": "The amulet should provide its owner with continual (oval frame) perfection and prosperity, as well as all-inclusive renewal (spiral scrolls).",
    "provenance": "Prof. Newberry (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1648-1539 BCE (Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.25",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.25_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.25_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.25_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 0.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 3/8 in. (2 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Z-shaped spiral scrolls and the signs w3d and nfr for: Prosperity (and) perfection.",
    "dynasty": "15th Dynasty",
    "med": "beige steatite (originally glazed)",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182",
        "15541"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.25_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "aa51f5ef6c98fbe3"
}