sarcophagus
box-like funeral receptacle
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sarcophagus
Summary
sarcophagus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,876 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 described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
- sarcophagus's different from is recorded as saprophage[15].
- sarcophagus's P14692 is recorded as 1040[16].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include coffin[2] and archaeological artefact[3].
Influence
Things named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod[17], an euthanasia device[18].
Why It Matters
sarcophagus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,876 views/month).[1] sarcophagus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] sarcophagus is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod[17], an euthanasia device[18].