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{
    "localId": "6779",
    "label": "Cup with Wreaths",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.55"
}

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    "id": "6779",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.55",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Cup with Wreaths",
    "description": "The Greek inscription on this amber-colored, cylinder-shaped vessel has a reversed letter N, a common mistake for an artisan writing on a mold.  Wreaths, palm branches, and the inscription, reading \"Take the victory,\" indicate that the vessel was made to celebrate a contest or honor.",
    "provenance": "Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 1st century (Early Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.55",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Glasswares",
        "vases",
        "vessels"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.55_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.55_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_47.55_SideA_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/4 × Diam: 2 11/16 in. (7 × 6.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Greek; mold-made ] ΛΑΒΕ ΤΗΝ ΝΕΙΚΗΝ [Transliteration] Labe ten neiken [Translation] Take the victory"
    ],
    "med": "molded glass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "454"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_47.55_SideD_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5e7e510bd74ebb79"
}