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We consider a wide range of parametric mass models for B1933+503, a 10-imag
e radio lens, and identify shared properties of the models with the best fi
ts. The approximate rotation curves vary by less than 8.5% from the average
value between the innermost and the outermost image (1.5-4.1 h(-1) kpc) fo
r models within 1 sigma of the best fit, and the radial dependence of the s
hear strength and angle also have common behavior for the best models. The
time delay between images 1 and 6, the longest delay between the radio core
s, is Deltat = 10.6(-1.1)(+2.4) days (Omega (0) = 0.3, lambda (0) = 0.7) da
ys including all the modeling uncertainties Deeper infrared observations, t
o more precisely register the lens galaxy with the radio images and to meas
ure the properties of the Einstein ring image of the radio source's host ga
laxy, would significantly improve the model constraints and further reduce
the uncertainties in the mass distribution and time delay.