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    "localId": "80931",
    "label": "Sheath of a Thuma",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1450"
}

{
    "id": "80931",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1450",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sheath of a Thuma",
    "description": "The chased front of the sheath is has a perforated, arabesque floral and tendril décor. The buckle is a modern replacement and has rhombic and bead-molded attachments. The tip is formed in the shape of a bud.The back is blank, but has a stamp with the date in Arabic: Qifal 1176. The date belongs to the reign of al-Mahdi al \"Abbas (AH 1161-1189/AD 1748-1775).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sulayman Maswari, rub'i. The term \"rub'i\" is Arabic (but written here in Hebrew script) and means \"half.\"",
    "provenance": "Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.",
    "date": "1176 AH/AD 1762-1763",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1450",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "daggers",
        "sheaths (cases)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.19_Back_DD_T10.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.19_Back_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_TL.2010.3.19_Back_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24,
            "height": 6.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 9 7/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (24 x 6.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Zaydi Muslim",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Stamp] In Arabic: Qifal 1176; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Sulayman Maswari",
        "rub'i"
    ],
    "reign": "Al-Mahdi al ‘Abbas (AH 1161–1189/AD 1748–1775)",
    "med": "silver with remains of gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18947"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SAY",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3181",
        "3562"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_TL.2010.3.19_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2b6d2d55ba75088a"
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