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Griffin, \"A memorial: J. Lionberger Davis, 1878-1973\", <EM>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </EM>33, no. 2 (1974): p. 18-21.","citation":"Gillett G. Griffin, \"A memorial: J. 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F. Jones and R. Goldberg, <em>Ancient art in the Art Museum: Princeton University</em>, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1960).","citation":"F. F. Jones and R. Goldberg, <em>Ancient art in the Art Museum: Princeton University</em>, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1960)., p. 12-3 (illustrated).","date":1960,"id":749,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/2181913"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[],"department":"Ancient, Byzantine, and Islamic Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199315,"term":"African Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199316,"term":"Ancient Mediterranean Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"1000 B.C.-A.D 1","dateend":-30,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Statue of Bastet","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"y1952-1","inscribed":null,"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Given to the Museum by J. 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