Elgin Marbles

collection of sculptures from the Athenian Acropolis in the British Museum
Place art_collection Q606662
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Elgin Marbles

Summary

Elgin Marbles is an art collection[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of art_collection entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,078 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elgin Marbles is the creator of Phidias[3].
  • Elgin Marbles's image is recorded as Elgin Marbles British Museum.jpg[4].
  • Elgin Marbles's instance of is recorded as art collection[5].
  • Elgin Marbles's instance of is recorded as group of sculptures[6].
  • Elgin Marbles's owned by is recorded as British Museum[7].
  • Elgin Marbles's made from material is recorded as Pentelic marble[8].
  • Elgin Marbles's location of discovery is recorded as Acropolis of Athens[9].
  • Elgin Marbles's collection is recorded as British Museum[10].
  • Elgin Marbles's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 211260412[11].
  • Elgin Marbles's GND ID is recorded as 4191603-7[12].
  • Elgin Marbles's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85042569[13].
  • Elgin Marbles's location is recorded as British Museum[14].
  • Elgin Marbles's part of is recorded as British Museum[15].
  • Elgin Marbles's Commons category is recorded as Elgin Marbles[16].
  • -0440-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elgin Marbles[17].
  • Elgin Marbles's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5192, 'lon': -0.1283}[18].
  • Elgin Marbles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017cvn[19].
  • Elgin Marbles's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as unn2015883137[20].
  • Elgin Marbles's official website is recorded as https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/greece-parthenon[21].
  • Elgin Marbles's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elgin Marbles[22].
  • Elgin Marbles's Commons gallery is recorded as Elgin Marbles[23].
  • Elgin Marbles's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as NB92[24].
  • Elgin Marbles's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25].
  • Elgin Marbles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Elgin-Marbles[26].
  • Elgin Marbles's BBC Things ID is recorded as 82cd2b40-b33c-4dc8-9124-74c2b335b7e5[27].

Body

Geography

Elgin Marbles's part of is recorded as British Museum[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include art collection[5] and group of sculptures[6].

History and Context

-0440-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elgin Marbles[17]. Its owned by is recorded as British Museum[7].

Why It Matters

Elgin Marbles ranks in the top 2% of art_collection entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,078 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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