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{
    "localId": "33537",
    "label": "Cartouche of Ptolemy III",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1665"
}

{
    "id": "33537",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1665",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cartouche of Ptolemy III",
    "description": "Plaques such as this were used for different purposes. This particular one could have been a part of a foundation deposit. The inscription contains the birth name of Ptolemy III Euergetes I",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "246-221 BC (Greco-Roman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1665",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "plaques (flat objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1665_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1665_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1665_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Name] cartouche contains the birth name of Ptolemy III Euergetes I",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "reign": "Ptolemy III Euergetes I (246-222/2211 BC)",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2345"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1665_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cfe15859ffa6b816"
}