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{
    "localId": "36076",
    "label": "Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.418"
}

{
    "id": "36076",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.418",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche",
    "description": "In this greenish faience example the surface within the signs is well preserved and bluer than the rest of the ring. The inscription reads \"He who is on the seat of Amun-Re'-Kamutef.\" This god was honored in a special cult at Karnak.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1070-940 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.418",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "cartouches",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.418_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.418_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.418_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 1 in. (2.58 cm); Bezel W: 1/2 x L: 2 3/8 in. (1.28 x 6.02 cm); Inner Diam.: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "21st Dynasty",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with pale green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "10",
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.418_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "769652e61d62aa69"
}