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    "localId": "36122",
    "label": "Tablet with Cuneiform Writing",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.163"
}

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    "id": "36122",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.163",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tablet with Cuneiform Writing",
    "description": "In four pieces, the inscription features the name of Assurbanipal.",
    "provenance": "Edgar J. Banks, Bagdad [claimed from Nineveh] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "669-626 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.163",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "tablets"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.163_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.163_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 55,
            "height": 51
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 21 5/8 x W: 20 1/16 in. (55 x 51 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] To Nabu",
        "exalted lord",
        "who dwells in Ezida",
        "/ which is in Nineve",
        "his lord: (I) Ashurnasirpal",
        "king of Assyria / the one who is longed for and destined by his great divinity",
        "/ who",
        "at the issuing of his order and the giving of his solemn decree / (after) defeating (him) in battle",
        "cut off the head of Teumman",
        "/ king of Elam. And Ummanigash",
        "Tammaritu",
        "/ Pa'e",
        "Ummanaldash",
        "who before Teumman / exercised kingship over Elam",
        "by his great command / he captured them. To my sedan chair",
        "/ my royal conveyance",
        "I yoked them. / with his great help in all the lands",
        "/ I established order. At that time",
        "the court of the Temple of Nabu",
        "/ my lord",
        "with massive limestone",
        "its construction",
        "/ I enlarged. May Nabu look joyfully upon it. / May he find it acceptable in the impression of its wedges. / May the order for a life of long days come forth / from your lips. Walking in Ezida / in your divine presence",
        "may my feed grow old."
    ],
    "med": "limestone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7763"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_41.163_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9122fd22470a7906"
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