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{
    "localId": "5325",
    "label": "Scarab",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.547"
}

{
    "id": "5325",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.547",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab",
    "description": "This serpentine scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design. The design of the back is very detailed, with fine incised lines and regular line flow. The proportions of the top are almost balanced, the workmanship of the piece is excellent, and it is elaborately made.This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with renewal connotations. It was probably an inlay or the central piece of a winged scarab.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "946-650 BCE (Third Intermediate-Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.547",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "amulets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.547_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.547_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.547_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.6,
            "height": 2.7,
            "depth": 3.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5/8 x W: 1 1/16 x L: 1 7/16 in. (1.6 x 2.7 x 3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "22nd-26th Dynasty",
    "med": "dark green serpentine",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.547_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8655eb550e667522"
}