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    "localId": "9095",
    "label": "Menorah Token",
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}

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    "id": "9095",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.100",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Menorah Token",
    "description": "Tokens like this one, made for private use, were at times also inscribed with the name of the owner. In this period, the menorah was considered a symbol of the Jewish hope for deliverance from persecution, and was imprinted on small amulets throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.",
    "provenance": "Pete N. Nickolas (\"\"Helios Old World Antiques\"\"), Westminster, Maryland, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.",
    "date": "4th-6th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/55.100",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "tokens"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.1,
            "height": 2.7,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/4 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 3/16 in. (3.1 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Jewish",
    "med": "lead",
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    ],
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}

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