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{
    "localId": "78179",
    "label": "Belt Buckle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.100 (57.661, 57.664)"
}

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    "id": "78179",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.100 (57.661, 57.664)",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Belt Buckle",
    "description": "This belt buckle was found together with a bow fibula (Walters 57.665) and some glass beads in 1876 at Nagy-Várad, Hungary (Oradea, Romania). The square plate of the buckle is framed by carved scrolls bordering a dotted field inlaid with four leaf-shaped garnets radiating around a circular central setting of garnet and green paste.",
    "provenance": "[Found in Nagy-Várad (Grosswardein, Hungary, now Oradea, Romania), 1876]; A. Bolonyi, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Nagy-Várad Museum, Oradea (Romania), c. 1876, by gift; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "5th century (Early Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.100 (57.661, 57.664)",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "buckles (strap accessories)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.664_Fnt_DD_T07-2.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.664_Fnt_DD_T07-2.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.7,
            "height": 10.3,
            "depth": 2.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 2 1/4 x W: 4 1/16 x D: 7/8 in. (5.7 x 10.3 x 2.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Ostrogothic",
    "med": "silver gilt, garnets, glass paste",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4039"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "e9e53d77f401f457"
}