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"tombstone": "Inlay: Head of a King, 380\u2013246 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE\u2013395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305\u201330 BCE). Red jasper; overall: 4.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 1966.370",
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"title": "Inlay: Head of a King",
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"department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art",
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"type": "Inlays",
"measurements": "Overall: 4.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1967",
"description": "Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).",
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"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p.165",
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"citation": "\u201cRecent Important Acquisitions: MADE BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.\u201d Journal of Glass Studies 10 (1968): 180\u201390.",
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"citation": "Cooney, John D. \u201cIntaglios, Cameos, and Related Works.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 4 (April 1968): 113\u2013119.",
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"citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Boha\u010d. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
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