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    "localId": "83970",
    "label": "The Angels Called Mu'aqqibat",
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    "title": "The Angels Called Mu'aqqibat",
    "description": "This illustration from Walters manuscript W.659 depicts the angels called Mu'aqqibat, who are charged with bringing blessings from the sun and taking the good deeds of men to heaven.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)",
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            "width": 33,
            "height": 20
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    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 x W: 7 7/8 in. (33 x 20 cm)"
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