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{
    "localId": "9671",
    "label": "Isis Nursing the Child Horus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1533"
}

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    "id": "9671",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1533",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Isis Nursing the Child Horus",
    "description": "A fragment from a statuette that once showed Isis nursing her divine son, Horus, portrays the goddess in a blue glaze, her hair set off in a deeper hue. The emblem on her head is the hieroglyphic sign for throne. This statuette was probably from the reign of Ptolemy I Soter.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "330-304 BCE (Ptolemaic)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1533",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1533_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1533_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1533_Back_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.3,
            "height": 2.6,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 1/2 x W: 1 1/16 x D: 1/2 in. (6.3 x 2.62 x 1.31 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] throne",
    "dynasty": "Ptolemaic Dynasty",
    "reign": "Ptolemy I Soter (306/4-283/2 BC)",
    "med": "Egyptian faience with ligh and dark blue glaze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.1533_Fnt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "59b42fe569d7df3c"
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