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{
    "localId": "38477",
    "label": "Seated Lion",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1430"
}

{
    "id": "38477",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1430",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Seated Lion",
    "description": "This seated gold lioness, tail curled over the haunches, was apparently cast in one piece with the suspension loop and flat base. The inscription, deeply recessed into the underside of the base reads \"Bastet, eye of Re, Mistress of the Gods,\" which suggests the piece was not a real seal but an amulet linked to the cult of Bastet, goddess of joy.",
    "provenance": "Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 6th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1430",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "amulets",
        "seals",
        "amulet-pendants"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1430_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1430_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1430_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.5,
            "height": 1.4,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1/4 in. (1.5 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Bastet",
        "eye of Re",
        "Mistress of the Gods"
    ],
    "dynasty": "27th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "cast gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_57.1430_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9d2d33dbd8a0e639"
}