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{
    "localId": "34901",
    "label": "Finger Ring with Frog",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1536"
}

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    "id": "34901",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1536",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Finger Ring with Frog",
    "description": "A tiny carnelian frog with incised details serves as a swiveling bezel for a typical Egyptian seal ring. Carved into the base is a stylized head of a goddess, possibly Hathor.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1550-1295 BCE (New Kingdom, 18th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1536",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings",
        "amulets",
        "seals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1536_Top_DD_T12-010170.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1536_Top_DD_T12-010170.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.1536_Top_DD_T12-010170.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.4,
            "height": 2,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 15/16 x W: 13/16 x D: 1/4 in. (2.4 x 2 x 0.6 cm); Bezel H: 1/4 x W: 3/8 x D: 1/4 in. (0.6 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm); Inner Diam: 7/16 in. (1.05 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "med": "gold, carnelian",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513",
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1536_LftSide_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "eaee9e852a92b9a4"
}