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    "localId": "8416",
    "label": "Sealstone of a Bull",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.769"
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    "id": "8416",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sealstone of a Bull",
    "description": "Carved sealstones were popular ornaments among Bronze Age Minoans and Mycenaeans and served as insignia of rank and social status. They were influenced by the elaborate traditions of stamp and cylinder seals developed in the Near East and Egypt. Bulls were represented using a variety of materials in the Minoan world, from gold jewelry to terracotta figurines and, most famously, in the relief frescoes of the palace at Knossos that depict bull-leaping.",
    "provenance": "Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1500 BCE or early 20th century (Late Minoan or modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.769",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "sealstone",
        "seals"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.3,
            "height": 2.8,
            "depth": 1.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1/2 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 7/16 in. (1.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Minoan",
    "med": "hematite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "1972"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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