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Alexander Sarcophagus

ancient sarcophagus
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Summary

Alexander Sarcophagus is a sarcophagus[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sarcophagus entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,201 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Turkey[3]
  • Instance of: sculpture[4], cultural property[5], archaeological artefact[6]
  • Movement: Hellenistic sculpture[7]
  • Named after: Alexander the Great[8]
  • Made from material: marble[9]
  • Location of discovery: Sidon[10], Royal necropolis of Ayaa[11]
  • Collection: Istanbul Archaeology Museums[12]
  • Inventory number: 370(T)[13]
  • Commons category: Alexander sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums[14]
  • Inception: 380 BC[15]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1887[16]
  • Main subject: Battle of Issus[17], hunting[18]

Why It Matters

Alexander Sarcophagus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Alexander the Great Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ancientworldmagazine.com. ancientworldmagazine.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'i
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, ro, uk */ Add the Danish and Romanian labels lex.dk (Alexandersarkofagen) and ro:Alexandru cel Mare use, and Danish, Ukrainian and Romanian descriptions"
  2. 8w ago · Artworklist · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Inception → —
    Named after → Alexander the Great
    Location of discovery → Sidon, Royal necropolis of Ayaa
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Movement: Hellenistic art, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786947138090"
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