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{
    "localId": "38443",
    "label": "Inscribed Bead",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.87"
}

{
    "id": "38443",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.87",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Inscribed Bead",
    "description": "A flat rectangular bead made of grey steatite with a single, worn perforation on the long axis. The front is carved in relief showing a seated baboon, a Maat-feather, and a tree or a lotus bud. A three column hieroglyphic design shows the typical a-n-r pattern of the 2nd Intermediate Period. The central column may indicate the throne name of King Sesostris III.",
    "provenance": "Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922 [?]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1648-1550 BCE (Second Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.87",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "beads (pierced objects)",
        "plaques (flat objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.87_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.87_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.87_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.6,
            "height": 2.1,
            "depth": 0.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 x W: 13/16 x D: 1/16 in. (2.56 x 2.08 x 0.23 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription]",
    "dynasty": "14th-17th Dynasty",
    "med": "steatite",
    "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_42.87_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0b7c8822eb817ceb"
}