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{
    "localId": "34791",
    "label": "Votive or Dedicatory Cross",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.629"
}

{
    "id": "34791",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.629",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Votive or Dedicatory Cross",
    "description": "Crosses like this one were attached to church walls or furniture as dedicatory offerings.",
    "provenance": "[Excavated in Syria, 1908-1910]; Tawfic Abucasem, Hama and Port Said, ca. 1913, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 550 (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.629",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "crosses (objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.629_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.629_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.629_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11,
            "height": 8.6,
            "depth": 0.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 5/16 x W: 3 3/8 x D: 1/16 in. (11 x 8.6 x 0.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] For the prayer and salvation of Thomas",
        "son of Isaac",
        "and of all his household. Amen."
    ],
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2699"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_57.629_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f8ca5e269862cfd0"
}