Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

black limestone Assyrian sculpture with inscriptions
Place archaeological_artefact Q1471650
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Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

Summary

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is an archaeological artefact[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_artefact entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is credited with the discovery of Austen Henry Layard[3].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is the creator of Shalmaneser III[4].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's image is recorded as The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, 9th century BC, from Nimrud, Iraq. The British Museum.jpg[5].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's instance of is recorded as archaeological artefact[6].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's instance of is recorded as inscription[7].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's instance of is recorded as sculpture[8].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's made from material is recorded as diorite[9].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's location of discovery is recorded as Nimrud[10].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's collection is recorded as British Museum[11].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's inventory number is recorded as 1848-11-04, 0001[12].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's location is recorded as British Museum[13].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's Commons category is recorded as Black Obelisk[14].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's language of work or name is recorded as Akkadian[15].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1846-01-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.09805555555556, 'lon': 43.32888888888889}[17].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dxn1[18].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's described at URL is recorded as https://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=black_obelisk[19].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Black-Obelisk[20].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+197.85'}[21].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+45.08'}[22].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's CDLI ID is recorded as P423554[23].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03245471n[24].
  • Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III's British Museum object ID is recorded as W_1848-1104-1[25].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological artefact[6], inscription[7], and sculpture[8].

Why It Matters

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_artefact entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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