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{
    "localId": "98",
    "label": "Ichneumon Statuette",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.410"
}

{
    "id": "98",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.410",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ichneumon Statuette",
    "description": "Forepaws raised in adoration, this ichneumon (a type of mongoose) was a votive gift to the cobra-goddess Wadjet. The dedication to her of a snake-eating mongoose may seem ironic, but it is in keeping with Egyptian concepts of association. The inscription on the base names the donor.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 664-404 BCE (Late Period, 26th-27th dynasty)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.410",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.410_Lft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.410_Lft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.410_Lft_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 15.7,
            "height": 4.6,
            "depth": 5.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 3/16 x W: 1 13/16 x D: 2 in. (15.7 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm); H with tang: 6 11/16 x W: 1 13/16 x D: 2 in. (17 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] Wadjet may give life {to} Isis-irdis",
        "daughter of Hor."
    ],
    "dynasty": "26th-27th Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3193"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_54.410_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "408242a0b0550252"
}