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clay tablet

Summary

clay tablet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • clay tablet is made of clay[2].
  • clay tablet is a type of tablet[3].
  • clay tablet is a type of E22 Human-Made Object[4].
  • clay tablet is used for writing[5].
  • clay tablet's Commons category is recorded as Clay tablets[6].
  • clay tablet comprises writing surface[7].
  • clay tablet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clay tablets[8].
  • clay tablet's different from is recorded as clay cone[9].
  • clay tablet's P14541 is recorded as 1nxxSL[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include tablet[3] and E22 Human-Made Object[4].

Use and Application

clay tablet is used for writing[5]. It comprises writing surface[7].

Why It Matters

clay tablet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). clay tablet. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/clay-tablet
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_clay-tablet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{clay tablet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/clay-tablet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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Edit History

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. 7h ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 40
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Harper's tag → clay-tablets
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: clay-tablets, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921047|clay tablets (#289921047)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1nxxSL
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → writing surface
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284083205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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