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{
    "localId": "8268",
    "label": "Scarab with Reclining Herakles Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.494"
}

{
    "id": "8268",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.494",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab with Reclining Herakles Set in a Swivel Ring",
    "description": "This scarab bears in image of the hero Herakles carved in intaglio. Herakles is in profile to the right and reclining on the skin of the Nemean lion. The tail is visible between the hero's legs while fur and a paw appear behind his back and below his right leg. His right hand rests with a club on the ground next to him, and he raises a large kantharos with his left hand. A tree behind the hero indicates the scene takes place outdoors. Depictions of Herakles reclining are attested as early as the 6th century BCE, but the sculptural type was introduced only in the 4th century BCE. It usually shows the aged and bearded hero resting from his labors and reclining as a symposiast, associating him with the world of Dionysos. It became a popular and widespread theme in Hellenistic and Roman times.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "first half 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.494",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.494_Back_DD_T08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.494_Back_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.494_Back_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1,
            "height": 2.5,
            "depth": 2.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Ring H: 3/8 x W: 1 x D: 1in. (1 x 2.54 x 2.54cm); Gem H: 3/8 x W: 9/16 in. (1 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Etruscan",
    "med": "carnelian, set in a modern gold ring",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6291"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2089"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.494_Back_DD_T08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d560eb8a80b5d7cc"
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