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{
    "localId": "40714",
    "label": "Spacer Bead",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.377"
}

{
    "id": "40714",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.377",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Spacer Bead",
    "description": "This bead of grayish steatite, with traces of greenish glaze, has three lateral perforations. The designs are carved in high relief within a rectangular frame. On one side is the Apis bull wearing a disk between its horns and a heavy necklace. Above his back are lotus blossoms and a palmette of ancient near eastern type. The opposite face has three columns of hieroglyphs, the outer ones giving the names of King Amasis. The central column reads \"The good-god, lord-of-the-two-lands, may he live eternally.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "6th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.377",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "beads (pierced objects)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.377_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.377_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.377_Bot_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.3,
            "height": 2.9,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7/8 x W: 1 1/8 x D: 1/8 in. (2.25 x 2.85 x 0.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Amasis (570-526 BC)",
    "med": "steatite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.377_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "000bbc1d741c7314"
}