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    "localId": "3136",
    "label": "Medallion with a Capricorn",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.479"
}

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    "id": "3136",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.479",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Medallion with a Capricorn",
    "description": "Capricorn, the sign of the marine goat in the zodiac, is carved in relief on the counter. The number 8 is inscribed on the back in both Latin and Greek numerals (VIII and H). Roman game counters show a wide variety of objects: Muses, deities, and heroes, heads of Roman rulers, poets, philosophers, theatrical subjects, fingers indicating numerical calculation, buildings in Alexandria, and signs of the zodiac, as here.",
    "provenance": "Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century (Roman Imperial)",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] VIII; [Transcription] H; [Translation] 8",
    "med": "bone",
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    ],
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    ],
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}

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