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    "localId": "1237",
    "label": "Figure of a Lion-Headed Goddess in Front of an Obelisk",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.993"
}

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    "id": "1237",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.993",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Figure of a Lion-Headed Goddess in Front of an Obelisk",
    "description": "The ancient Egyptians donated figures of their gods for use in temple rituals; smaller images served as amulets to ensure divine protection. Goddesses in particular were viewed as protective deities.  From earliest times, Egyptian venerated a wide circle of feline-headed female deities, such as Sakhmet, Tefnut, Wadjet, and Bastet. Leonine goddesses, usually Sakhmet or Wadjet (daughters of the sun-god Re), were often associated with an obelisk - a symbol of the sun god - demonstrating both their close relationship to the supreme god and his powers of renewal.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 7th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.993",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "statuettes (statues)",
        "figurines"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.993_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_54.993_Back_DD_T12.jpg",
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    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.9,
            "height": 7.3,
            "depth": 11.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 3/16 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 4 5/8 in. (25.9 x 7.3 x 11.7 cm); H with tangs: 11 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 4 5/8 in. (27.9 x 7.3 x 11.7 cm); H with base: 12 5/16 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 7 1/2 in. (31.2 x 8.4 x 19.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "dynasty": "26th-30th Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze",
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2172"
    ]
}

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