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    "localId": "9478",
    "label": "The Tale of the Man in the Well from the 'Iyar-i Danish (Touchstone of Wisdom) of Abu al-Fazl",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.692"
}

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    "id": "9478",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.692",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Tale of the Man in the Well from the 'Iyar-i Danish (Touchstone of Wisdom) of Abu al-Fazl",
    "description": "This single leaf is from 'Iyar-I Danish, a text based on the genre of animal tales in the vein of Kalila wa Dimna. Abu'l Fazl translated Kalila wa Dimna and offered his audiences a simplified version of these captivating animal fables. The image shows the fate of a man who, escaping from a wild camel, jumps into a well. There his predicament grows even more precarious when he lands on the heads of four snakes, grasps in desperation at a bush gnawed by two rats, and looks down to see dragon waiting to devour him should he fall.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 10th century AH/AD late 16th century (Mughal)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.692",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.692_Det_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.692_Det_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.692_Det_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 33.5,
            "height": 21
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 13 3/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (33.5 x 21 cm)"
}

{
    "dynasty": "Mughal Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "83801",
        "83800"
    ],
    "med": "opaque watercolor and ink on papermounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19281"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3334"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.692_Det_DD.jpg",
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