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    "localId": "9125",
    "label": "Phylactery with a Deesis and a Cross",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1858"
}

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    "id": "9125",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1858",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Phylactery with a Deesis and a Cross",
    "description": "This box has an image of the Deesis (Christ enthroned between the Virgin and John the Baptist) on one side and a cross engraved on the other. It was once worn round one's neck and contained a small piece of paper inscribed either with a passage from the Bible or with a prayer. It was thus meant to protect its owner. Similar pieces are known to have been widely made for Christians in the Late Ottoman period.",
    "provenance": "Harriette H. Rowland, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1955, by gift.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Modern)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1858",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "boxes (containers)",
        "pendants"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1858_Fnt_BW_H56.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_57.1858_Fnt_BW_H56.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Orthodox Eastern",
    "style": "Post-Byzantine",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256",
        "3699"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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