sarcophagus

Summary

sarcophagus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• sarcophagus is a type of coffin^[2].
• sarcophagus is a type of archaeological artefact^[3].
• sarcophagus's Commons category is recorded as Sarcophagi^[4].
• sarcophagus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sarcophagi^[5].
• sarcophagus's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as tomb=sarcophagus^[6].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[7].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition^[10].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[11].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• sarcophagus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[13].
• sarcophagus's different from is recorded as saprophage^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include coffin^[2] and archaeological artefact^[3].

Influence

Things named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod^[15], an euthanasia device^[16].

Why It Matters

sarcophagus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month).^[1] sarcophagus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] sarcophagus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod^[15], an euthanasia device^[16].