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{
    "localId": "31887",
    "label": "Falcon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.225"
}

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    "id": "31887",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.225",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Falcon",
    "description": "Associated with the sun, moon, sky, and the king, the falcon was the sacred animal of the solar- and celestial- gods Re and Horus. Amethyst was particularly prized during the Middle Kingdom and also the shape of the falcon refers to such a date.",
    "provenance": "Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1976-1794 BCE (Middle Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.225",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "figurines",
        "amulets",
        "amulet-pendants"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.225_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.225_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 1.1,
            "depth": 1.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 x W: 7/16 x D: 3/4 in. (1.76 x 1.05 x 1.84 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "12th Dynasty",
    "med": "carved amethyst and gold inlay",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.225_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e60fcb51a2d2cb78"
}