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{
    "localId": "76496",
    "label": "Seal with an Inscription",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1512"
}

{
    "id": "76496",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1512",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Seal with an Inscription",
    "description": "Pierced lengthwise, this seal could have been mounted on a finger ring or strung on a necklace as an amulet. Only the middle section of the seal is readable; it may contain the phrase: \"Belonging to Ba'an.\" The term \"Ba'an\" is unfamiliar; it might be the name of a local god, a place, or the owner.",
    "provenance": "Ahmed [local art dealer], Ta'izz, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1962, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.",
    "date": "6th-5th century BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1512",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "seals (artifacts)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_42.1512_Fnt_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_42.1512_Fnt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_42.1512_Fnt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 1.2,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/16 in. (1.8 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Transliteration] l-B'n [Translation] Belonging to Ba'an",
    "med": "chalcedony",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15549"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2002"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/KPS_42.1512_Fnt_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f45002ff32912afa"
}