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{
    "localId": "34999",
    "label": "Scarab Ring Bezel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.388"
}

{
    "id": "34999",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.388",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Ring Bezel",
    "description": "Sheet gold neatly molded across the back and around the edges of a lapis lazuli scarab, forms the surface into which finely detailed hieroglyphs are chased. A ring of sheet gold was added around the perforations at either end. The inscription reads \"Chiefs of The Priestly Guild of Horus\" which suggests that the ring was a mark of professional status.",
    "provenance": "Maurice Nahman, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1186-1070 BCE (Late New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.388",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "finger rings",
        "bezels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.388_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.388_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.388_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.7,
            "height": 1,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/4 x W: 3/8 x L: 9/16 in. (0.7 x 1 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Leaders of the priestly group (phyle) of Horus.",
    "dynasty": "20th Dynasty",
    "med": "lapis lazuli, gold setting",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.388_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4b0029b2704b4c62"
}