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{
    "localId": "32404",
    "label": "Priest Holding a Statue of the Goddess Neith",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.544"
}

{
    "id": "32404",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.544",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Priest Holding a Statue of the Goddess Neith",
    "description": "The kneeling priest holds the base of the statue of the goddess Neight. The priest has short hair and a short pleated kilt. The goddess is represented with her knees drawn up and her hands placed on them; she wears the crown of Lower Egypt.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 7th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.544",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.544_3QtrRt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.544_3QtrRt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.544_3QtrRt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.5,
            "height": 3.3,
            "depth": 5.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 3/4 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 2 1/16 in. (9.5 x 3.3 x 5.2 cm); H with base: 4 3/4 x W: 1 9/16 x d: 2 5/8 in. (12 x 4 x 6.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[On rear column] To Neith (for) protection of Pede-Hor",
        "son of Dy-nef-Bast..."
    ],
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "cast bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3240"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.544_Lft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "aea2ded3fb466dc2"
}