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    "localId": "80069",
    "label": "Djed-Pillar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2864"
}

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    "id": "80069",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2864",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Djed-Pillar",
    "description": "Large Djed-pillars such as this were used for the living in festival or temple contexts, but were also attached to the body of a deceased. Usually, they were used as part of an amulet set, which included more than one of these pillars. This pillar dates in the Late Period (664-332 BC), and is excellent example for the high quality of amulet production of the 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC).",
    "provenance": "[Possibly excavated at Saqqara and sold at the art market in Cairo in the early 20th century]; Mr. Albert Cousins [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1982, by gift.",
    "date": "664-332 BC (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2864",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "amulets"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.2864_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.5,
            "height": 3.1,
            "depth": 1.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 1/8 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 7/16 in. (10.45 x 3.1 x 1.08 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "26th Dynasty (?)",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "9416",
        "27507"
    ],
    "med": "Egyptian faience with light-green glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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