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    "localId": "15143",
    "label": "Winged Hypnos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.291"
}

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    "id": "15143",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.291",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Winged Hypnos",
    "description": "Hypnos, the Greek personification of Sleep and son of Nyx (Night), appears as a winged child or youth; he closely resembles his twin brother Thanatos (Death) as well as Eros. His attributes can include a horn containing sleep-inducing liquids or poppy seeds to bring slumber to gods and mortals. Here, he is holding a cup, possibly containing water from the Lethe, one of the rivers in the underworld. Drinking water from this \"river of oblivion\" causes forgetfulness.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "4th-3rd century BCE",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.291",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "figurines"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_48.291_Fnt_NG_1333.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 1/8 in. (13 cm)"
}

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    "med": "terracotta",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6256"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2237",
        "2121"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_48.291_Fnt_NG_1333.jpg",
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