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Cretan lyra

Greek three-stringed bowed musical instrument
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Cretan lyra

Summary

Cretan lyra ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Cretan lyra's image is recorded as Cretan lyra.jpg[2].
  • Cretan lyra's image is recorded as Cretan lyre, Museum of Greek Folk Instruments, Athens 2008.jpg[3].
  • Cretan lyra's image is recorded as Lyra sympathetic.jpg[4].
  • Cretan lyra's subclass of is recorded as necked bowl lute played with a bow[5].
  • Cretan lyra's Commons category is recorded as Cretan lyra[6].
  • Cretan lyra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05mt90y[7].
  • Cretan lyra's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 4fe225a3-6939-4fab-a416-d0cd38c96cb9[8].
  • Cretan lyra's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321-71[9].
  • Cretan lyra's schematic is recorded as LyraCretanMeasurements.svg[10].

Why It Matters

Cretan lyra ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Q14005. 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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