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{
    "localId": "31520",
    "label": "Floor Mosaic Fragment with Fish in a Roundel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/43.19"
}

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    "id": "31520",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/43.19",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Floor Mosaic Fragment with Fish in a Roundel",
    "description": "With its counterpart (Walters 43.18), this fragment of a mosaic floor once decorated a Roman house. A bearded fish swims amidst wavy lines representing water. The diagonal layout of the background tesserae (marble cubes) indicates that these roundels were placed in the corners of a large floor composition.",
    "provenance": "[Excavated at the arsenal in Sousse, Tunisia, 1896]; François Goiran, Sousse, Tunisia, 1896;  Roger Goiran, Glocester, MA [date of acquisition unknown], by bequest;  Walters Art Museum, 1974, by purchase.",
    "date": "2nd-3rd century (Roman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/43.19",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Mosaics & Cosmati",
        "mosaics"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_43.19_Fnt_BW_H74.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_43.19_Fnt_BW_H74.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_43.19_Fnt_BW_H74.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 74.3,
            "height": 68,
            "depth": 5.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "29 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 2 in. (74.3 x 68 x 5.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "marble tesserae",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3214"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_43.19_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "749dc8e95f79a246"
}