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    "localId": "492",
    "label": "Mummified Human Remains of a Woman Inside a Painted Cartonnage",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/79.1"
}

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    "id": "492",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/79.1",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mummified Human Remains of a Woman Inside a Painted Cartonnage",
    "description": "Mummification preserved mortal remains in order to house the Ka, or life force of the individual, as it needed to return to the body to find sustenance. The human-shaped covering, called \"cartonnage,\" is composed of layers of linen and plaster. Its painted decoration includes the floral wreath on the wig, a broad collar, and a winged scarab beetle. Five additional registers of decoration show the protective four sons of Horus, the sacred boat of the funerary-deity Sokar, a depiction of Osiris mummified on a funerary bed, a divine falcon god, and a short hieroglyphic text with an offering formula.See the additional media for a facial reconstruction of the deceased person, courtesy of Michael Brassell, as well as a color reconstruction of the cartonnage.",
    "provenance": "[Excavated at Deir el-Bahri by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition, Winter of 1930-1931, by Ambrose Lansing]; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ca. 1930-1931; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by exchange.",
    "date": "2nd half 9th-1st half 8th century BCE (Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/79.1",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Mummies & Cartonnage",
        "mummies"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_79.1_DetA_DD_T06.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_79.1_DetA_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_79.1_DetA_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 10,
    "pageCount": 10,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 167,
            "height": 46,
            "depth": 27.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 65 3/4 x W: 18 1/8 x D: 10 13/16 in. (167 x 46 x 27.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] The king gives an offering to Osiris.",
    "dynasty": "2nd half 22nd-23rd Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "91758",
        "91759"
    ],
    "med": "mummified human remains in cartonnage, with paint",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "13",
        "2507"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_79.1_DetA_DD_T06.jpg",
    "mediaId": "42e0e275335b515d"
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