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{
    "localId": "3592",
    "label": "Foundation Tablet with an Inscription of Gudea",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.220"
}

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    "id": "3592",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.220",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Foundation Tablet with an Inscription of Gudea",
    "description": "This tablet is plano-convex, with an inscription of Gudea on two faces.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5012]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "2144-2124 BCE (Lagash II; Ur III)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.220",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "tablets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.220_VwA_UK.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.8,
            "height": 7.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 7/8 x W: 2 7/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Neo-Sumerian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription]",
    "reign": "Gudea (ca. 2144-2124 BC)",
    "med": "black stone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4252"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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