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    "localId": "4034",
    "label": "Canopic Jar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.90"
}

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    "id": "4034",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.90",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Canopic Jar",
    "description": "During mummification, the internal organs of the deceased were removed from the body and placed in a set of four special containers, the so-called canopic jars. A complete set is exhibited in the Egyptian galleries. The lids of the jars depicted the heads of a hawk, a human, a jackal, and a baboon, each associated with one of the four \"Sons of Horus,\" the deities responsible for protecting the organs. Responsible for the liver was the human-headed Imsety, while the hawk-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 670-640 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.90",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "canopic jars"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25,
            "height": 13.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 3/16 in. (25 x 13.2 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "late 25th-26th Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": 39958,
    "med": "limestone, paint",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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