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Lycurgus Cup

4th-century Roman cup with unusual properties
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Lycurgus Cup

Summary

Lycurgus Cup is a cage cup[1]. It draws 2,127 Wikipedia views per month (cage_cup category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lycurgus Cup's instance of is recorded as cage cup[3].
  • Lycurgus Cup's instance of is recorded as work of art[4].
  • Lycurgus Cup is owned by British Museum[5].
  • Lycurgus of Thrace is named after Lycurgus Cup[6].
  • Lycurgus Cup's depicts is recorded as Lycurgus of Thrace[7].
  • Lycurgus Cup's depicts is recorded as leaf[8].
  • Lycurgus Cup's depicts is recorded as Dionysus[9].
  • Lycurgus Cup's depicts is recorded as Ambrosia[10].
  • Lycurgus Cup's depicts is recorded as Panthera[11].
  • Lycurgus Cup is made of dichroic glass[12].
  • Lycurgus Cup is made of silver[13].
  • Lycurgus Cup's collection is recorded as British Museum[14].
  • Lycurgus Cup's inventory number is recorded as 1958,1202.1[15].
  • The location of Lycurgus Cup was London[16].
  • Lycurgus Cup's Commons category is recorded as Lycurgus cup, British Museum[17].
  • January 1, 350 marks the founding of Lycurgus Cup[18].
  • Lycurgus Cup's described at URL is recorded as http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=61219&partId=1[19].
  • Lycurgus Cup's described at URL is recorded as https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1202-1[20].
  • Lycurgus Cup's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Applied arts/Drinking vessels[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cage cup[3] and work of art[4].

Origins

Lycurgus of Thrace is named after Lycurgus Cup[6]. January 1, 350 marks the founding of it[18].

Why It Matters

Lycurgus Cup draws 2,127 Wikipedia views per month (cage_cup category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

British Museum London

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → London
    Made from material → dichroic glass, silver
    Named after → —
    Named after → Lycurgus of Thrace
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007586171605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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