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{
    "localId": "5288",
    "label": "Pectoral with Solar Boat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.378"
}

{
    "id": "5288",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.378",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Pectoral with Solar Boat",
    "description": "This steatite plaque was used as a small pectoral. The front is carved in relief depicting the solar boat with two standing baboons in worshipping gesture flanking the winged scarab as well as the moon crescent and disk combination. Incised on the back is a scene in which the god Re-Harakhte is seated as falcon-headed deity and as a solar falcon on the left and including the center; opposite of them is Atum, the creator god.",
    "provenance": "Maurice Nahman, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1292-945 BCE (New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.378",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "plaques (flat objects)",
        "pectorals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.378_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.378_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.378_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2.7,
            "height": 4.7,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/16 x W: 1 13/16 x D: 1/8 in. (2.71 x 4.67 x 0.31 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "19th-21st Dynasty",
    "med": "steatite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.378_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "54e1d2ee788fb584"
}