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{
    "localId": "7122",
    "label": "Bull's Head Amulet",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1458"
}

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    "id": "7122",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1458",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bull's Head Amulet",
    "description": "In Mesopotamia, jewelry was both worn and offered in temples as gifts to the gods. Its purpose was often more functional than ornamental: pendants worn on the body served as talismans to ward off evil and to increase the wearer's power. Mesopotamian amulets depict a large range of animals native to the Near East, illustrated here by a bull's head.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Sotheby and Co., London, November 26, 1968, lot 20; Walters Art Museum, 1968, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 3000 BCE (Prololiterate)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1458",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Precious Stones & Gems",
        "pendants (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_42.1458_3QtrLft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_42.1458_3QtrLft_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 15/16 in. (2.38 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Mesopotamia",
    "med": "carved stone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6353"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_42.1458_Fnt_BW_H69.jpg",
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}