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{
    "localId": "80925",
    "label": "Bracelet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2321"
}

{
    "id": "80925",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2321",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bracelet",
    "description": "The bracelet is made from two equal halves, and has a filigree design that combines of spirals, rosettes, and discs, the so-called \"lamma'at.\" Bead-molded bands at the upper and lower rim frame the design.Inside of the bracelet is an Arabic stamp with the name of the ruler and a date: al- Mansur 1189. Al-Mansur Ali I ruled from AH 1189 to 1224 (AD 1775-1809).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Musa \"Iraqi. The supplement \"Iraqi refers to the origin of maker's family from Iraq. For another object signed \"Musa \"Iraqi,\" see Walters 57.2325.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "1189 AH /AD 1783-1784",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2321",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "bracelets"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.13_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.13_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_TL.2010.3.13_VwA_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Outer diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Inner diam: 1 15/16 x W: 7/8 in. (4.9 x 2.3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Stamp] In Arabic: al-Mansur 1189 AH; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Musa 'Iraqi",
    "reign": "Al-Mansur Ali I (1189-1224 AH/AD 1775-1809)",
    "med": "silver with gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18959"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JWL",
        "SAY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_TL.2010.3.13_Opn_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d88173f94faeea7b"
}