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{
    "localId": "40626",
    "label": "Lekythos with Hermes and Iris",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.230"
}

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    "id": "40626",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.230",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Lekythos with Hermes and Iris",
    "description": "The ancient Greeks conceived of their messenger gods-divinities who carried messages to other gods or humans-as winged, alluding to their swiftness and their ability to go anywhere. Iris and Hermes were the main messenger gods in Greek mythology; Iris primarily served Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods. This small oil container bears a rare representation of both messengers together.",
    "provenance": "Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 500 BCE (Late Archaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.230",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "lekythoi"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.230_3QtrVw_NF_4695.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.230_3QtrVw_NF_4695.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.230_3QtrVw_NF_4695.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21.5,
            "height": 6.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 7/16 x 2 11/16 in. (21.5 x 6.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Greek",
    "style": "Attic",
    "med": "terracotta; black figure",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "GRC"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2177",
        "2121"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_48.230_3QtrVw_NF_4695.jpg",
    "mediaId": "18d28aa8d468f507"
}