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    "localId": "37404",
    "label": "Fibula",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1654"
}

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    "id": "37404",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1654",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fibula",
    "description": "The fibula has a cast bow. The clasp ends in a ball. The bow is decorated by two deep lines, with a rope-like central band. The pin is made separately and attached to the hinge by a (modern) bar. This type of fibula is typical of the later Roman Empire.",
    "provenance": "Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century BCE-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1654",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "fibulae",
        "pins"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.1654_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.1654_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 1.3,
            "depth": 3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 2 5/16 × W: 1/2 × H: 1 3/16 in. (5.8 × 1.3 × 3 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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