petroglyph

images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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petroglyph

Summary

petroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,596 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • petroglyph is a type of drawing[2].
  • petroglyph is a type of archaeological artefact[3].
  • petroglyph is a type of rock art[4].
  • petroglyph's Commons category is recorded as Petroglyphs[5].
  • petroglyph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petroglyphs[6].
  • petroglyph's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as archaeological_site=petroglyph[7].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[9].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[10].
  • petroglyph's manifestation of is recorded as pictogram[11].
  • petroglyph's different from is recorded as geoglyph[12].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P18[13].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P17[14].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P131[15].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P706[16].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P625[17].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P2044[18].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P373[19].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P1435[20].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P808[21].
  • petroglyph's P14369 is recorded as 70180[22].
  • petroglyph's P14692 is recorded as Casalino[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include drawing[2], archaeological artefact[3], and rock art[4].

Why It Matters

petroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,596 views/month).[1] petroglyph has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] petroglyph is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4w ago · Liber008 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14369 → 70180
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14369]]: 70180, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/283040683|Rock Carving (#283040683)]] for {{P|14369}}"
  2. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Casalino
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → petroglyphs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: petroglyphs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954707|petroglyphs (#289954707)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0332863-petroglyfy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0332863-petroglyfy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → geoglyph
    Manifestation of → pictogram
    Subclass of → drawing, archaeological artefact, rock art
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27963, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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