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{
    "localId": "14570",
    "label": "Scarab Ring Bezel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.64"
}

{
    "id": "14570",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.64",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Scarab Ring Bezel",
    "description": "The sheet gold which frames the flat side of this scarab of blue translucent stone is neatly tucked into the legs of the insect. No seams are visible. The hieroglyphs on the back are finely carved. There is an owl above and a hawk which has feathering indicated.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "664-405 BCE (Late Period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.64",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "scarabs",
        "bezels",
        "rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.64_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.64_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_42.64_Rt_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.8,
            "height": 1.2,
            "depth": 1.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5/16 x W: 1/2 x L: 9/16 in. (0.8 x 1.2 x 1.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Egyptian",
    "inscriptions": "[Translation] Henut-mj-pa-Har-si-ese.",
    "dynasty": "26th-27th Dynasty",
    "med": "blue-grey amazonite, gold setting",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_42.64_Bot_DD_design_RS2009.jpg",
    "mediaId": "02af4961385cdda9"
}