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    "localId": "961",
    "label": "Talisman with Inscriptions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.534"
}

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    "id": "961",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.534",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Talisman with Inscriptions",
    "description": "This talisman is very small, with a gable-shaped top above a trefoil arch, inscriptions and a representation of the moon.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.534",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "talismans"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.534_Fnt_BW_C81.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.534_Fnt_BW_C81.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.1,
            "height": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 1/16 in. (4.1 x 2.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "bronze with silver inlay",
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    ],
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        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "781"
    ]
}

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