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    "localId": "76514",
    "label": "Fragment of a Pediment with a Goddess",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.74"
}

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    "id": "76514",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.74",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fragment of a Pediment with a Goddess",
    "description": "The upper left side of this composition depicts an imaginary creature composed of an Asiatic lion's head, a serpent-like body, a fishtail, and wings. A nude child deity grasps one of the creature's wing with his left hand and holds a short sword in his right hand to control it. A smaller fragment containing the head of a similar composite beast in the British Museum might be the complement to this vignette. The lower right section depicts a nude fertility goddess emerging from vine leaves and grapes. With the increasing influence of Greco-Roman culture during the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, new artistic styles and motifs, such as this female deity, became part of ancient South Arabian culture.",
    "provenance": "James Nash, London, 1963, by purchase; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1965, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2014, by gift.",
    "date": "2nd century CE (Sabaean)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/21.74",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "pediments",
        "fragments"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_TL.2007.17.55_DetA_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_TL.2007.17.55_DetA_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 11,
    "pageCount": 11,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 52,
            "height": 54,
            "depth": 13
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 20 1/2 x W: 21 1/4 x D: 5 1/8 in. (52 x 54 x 13 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Sabaean",
    "med": "calcite-alabaster",
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        "15549"
    ],
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        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2002"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2007.17.55_RtSide_DD_T14.jpg",
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