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    "localId": "40080",
    "label": "Signet Ring with \"\"of Mark\"\" in Greek",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2104"
}

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    "id": "40080",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2104",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Signet Ring with \"\"of Mark\"\" in Greek",
    "description": "More than simply jewelry, signet rings were essential in the Early Byzantine period for sealing personal documents and validating wills and testaments. By the 6th century, most rings had a personal monogram, such as the block-letter format on this silver one that reads \"of Mark\".",
    "provenance": "Günter Puhze, Freiburg, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by purchase.",
    "date": "6th-7th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2104",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2104_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.2,
            "height": 2.6,
            "depth": 2.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/16 x W: 1 x D: 1 in. (1.2 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
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        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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