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{
    "localId": "31317",
    "label": "Kneeling Shu with Raised Arms",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1544"
}

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    "id": "31317",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1544",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kneeling Shu with Raised Arms",
    "description": "The god Shu is shown kneeling on a rectangular base with both arms raised to lift the sky from the earth. This pendant was probably made during the 26th Dynasty.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1544",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "pedants",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-pendant"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1544_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1544_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1544_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.7,
            "height": 4,
            "depth": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/4 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (5.7 x 4 x 3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1544_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "300e9cdb649dd447"
}