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{
    "localId": "3149",
    "label": "Intaglio with the Head of Herakles Set in a Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.511"
}

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    "id": "3149",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.511",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Intaglio with the Head of Herakles Set in a Ring",
    "description": "This intaglio shows the head of a youthful Herakles in profile to the right. He has long, curly hair covered in part by the lion skin on his head. The paws are tied on the hero's chest in the typical fashion, the so-called Herakles knot. Gems were used as seals and as jewelry and could depict mythological figures.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st-2nd century CE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.511",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "rings",
        "intaglios"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.511_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.511_Fnt_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.6,
            "height": 1.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Bezel H: 5/8 x W: 1/2 in. (1.6 x 1.2 cm); Ring H: 13/16 x W: 7/8 x D: 7/8 in. (2 x 2.22 x 2.22 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "carnelian; mount: gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2089"
    ]
}

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