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    "localId": "31535",
    "label": "Plaque with Pair of Eyes Symbolizing the All-seeing Power of God",
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    "id": "31535",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1865.561",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Plaque with Pair of Eyes Symbolizing the All-seeing Power of God",
    "provenance": "Found near Ma'aret en-Noman, Syria, prior to 1945; Henri Seyrig, Beirut [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by gift.",
    "date": "ca. 600",
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    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4,
            "height": 4.3,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 9/16 x 1 11/16 x 1/8 in. (4 x 4.3 x 0.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Lord",
        "help."
    ],
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    ],
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        "3816"
    ]
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