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{
    "localId": "5489",
    "label": "Seal Ring with Name of Tutankhamun",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.386"
}

{
    "id": "5489",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.386",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Seal Ring with Name of Tutankhamun",
    "description": "This piece is a flimsily constructed pale turquoise-colored faience ring. The throne name of King Tutankhamun (Menkheperre) is impressed on the bezel.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1333-1323 BCE (New Kingdom)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.386",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "finger rings",
        "seals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.386_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.386_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.386_Rev_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.9,
            "height": 1.8,
            "depth": 1.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/8 x W: 3/4 x D: 5/8 in. (0.91 x 1.83 x 1.61 cm); Bezel L: 5/16 x W: 3/16 in. (0.84 x 0.48 cm); Inner Diam.: 5/16 in. (0.82 cm); Outer Diam.: 9/16 in. (1.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Tut-ankh-amun (Menkheperre)",
    "dynasty": "18th Dynasty",
    "reign": "Tutankhamun (1333-1323 BC)",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.386_SideA_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8424e68f51447bd1"
}