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{
    "localId": "6417",
    "label": "Spoon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.647"
}

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    "id": "6417",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.647",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Spoon",
    "description": "This type of spoon, which could have been made out of wood, bone, or metal, was commonly used in Early Byzantine homes.  The cross inscription invokes divine protection and blessings for the household.",
    "provenance": "[Excavated in Syria, 1908-1910]; Tawfic Abucasem, Hama and Port Said, ca. 1913, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 6th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.647",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "spoons"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.647_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.647_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23,
            "height": 3.8,
            "depth": 2.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "9 1/16 x 1 1/2 x 15/16 in. (23 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6640"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "358",
        "2699"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_57.647_Fnt_SL_T85.jpg",
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}