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{
    "localId": "9986",
    "label": "Copy of Victory Stele Inscription",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.109"
}

{
    "id": "9986",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.109",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Copy of Victory Stele Inscription",
    "description": "This stone tablet has the same inscription as a victory monument at an important battlefield, celebrating the defeat of a coalition of Babylonians and Elamites by the Neo-Assyrians. The inscription gives details of the battle and ends with a brief account of building operations in the newly conquered area.",
    "provenance": "Edgar J. Banks, Bagdad [claimed from Nineveh]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 690 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.109",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Stone",
        "tablets",
        "stelae"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.109_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.109_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_41.109_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 63.5,
            "height": 40.6,
            "depth": 10.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "25 x 16 x 4 in. (63.5 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Neo-Assyrian",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Translation] On obverse: Aszszur",
        "the great lord",
        "father of the gods",
        "Anum",
        "Enlil",
        "and Ea",
        "Sin",
        "Szamasz",
        "Ada",
        "Marduk",
        "Nabu",
        "Nergal",
        "Isztar",
        "/ the Seven [Gods]",
        "the great gods who stand at the side of the king their worshipper",
        "who make his weapons bitter to all [his] enemies- / Sennacherib",
        "the great king",
        "the mighty king",
        "king of the universe",
        "king of Assyria",
        "king of the Four Corners",
        "you desired king",
        "protector of truth",
        "/ [lover] of justice the one who performs favors",
        "companion of the crippled",
        "he who searches for goodness the perfect young man",
        "/ the warlike male",
        "foremost of all kings...  [For transcription",
        "see https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272833]"
    ],
    "reign": "Sennacherib (705-681 BC)",
    "med": "incised limestone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7763"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ANE"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_41.109_VwA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bf1140cbe71cdd16"
}