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{
    "localId": "36296",
    "label": "Thumb Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1989"
}

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    "id": "36296",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1989",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Thumb Ring",
    "description": "The ring's large size and lack of central ornamentation suggest that it was worn on the thumb.  Each of the eight raised facets bears a letter of the inscription, IHESUS N (Jesus of Nazareth).",
    "provenance": "John Hunt, Dublin, Ireland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1969.",
    "date": "14th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1989",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1989_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1989_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1989_Fnt_SL.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.5,
            "height": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3/16 x Diam: 1 1/16 in. (0.5 x 2.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "English",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] On the eight raised facets on the perimeter of the ring: I/H/E/S/U/S/N; [Transcription] IHESUS N; [Translation] Jesus of Nazareth",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6197"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994",
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.1989_VwA_DD_AT18-015083-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ab3b13d874b6771c"
}