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{
    "localId": "39638",
    "label": "Khnum",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2061"
}

{
    "id": "39638",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2061",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Khnum",
    "description": "Khnum's headdress consists of a disc, symbolizing the sun, and the uraeus, the sacred asp, emblem of supreme power. His pupils were probably inlaid with silver.\tBronze permits the open stride of this figure, though the arm gestures are still restricted.",
    "provenance": "Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 664-525 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2061",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2061_Lft_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2061_Lft_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.2061_Lft_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.4,
            "height": 5.3,
            "depth": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 × W: 2 1/16 × D: 4 5/16 in. (25.4 × 5.3 × 11 cm); H on block: 9 3/4 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 3 11/16 in. (24.8 × 4.8 × 9.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty (?)",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "34",
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.2061_Lft_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c46a34a34d6e7715"
}