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{
    "localId": "31627",
    "label": "Ring with a Greco-Roman Cameo",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1581"
}

{
    "id": "31627",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1581",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ring with a Greco-Roman Cameo",
    "description": "This piece is cast niello with a retrograde inscription. Walters intaglio 42.1119 is set into this ring.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "9th-10th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1581",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1581_3QtrRt_BW_T85.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1581_3QtrRt_BW_T85.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1581_3QtrRt_BW_T85.jpg",
    "imageCount": 14,
    "pageCount": 14,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 2.4,
            "depth": 1.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 × W: 15/16 × D: 5/8 in. (2.6 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] + Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῶ σῶ δούλω Βασηλείου. Ἀμήν; [Translation] Lord",
        "help thy servant Basil. Amen."
    ],
    "dynasty": "Macedonian Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "24395",
        "24395"
    ],
    "med": "silver, niello, carnelian",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640",
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "3363"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS4_57.1581+42.1119_3QtrLft_DD_ED24_54070.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d0f723894ce34fac"
}