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scytale

encryption tool used to perform a transposition cipher
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scytale

Summary

scytale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • scytale's image is recorded as Skytale auf Rundholz 3.jpg[2].
  • scytale's subclass of is recorded as physical tool[3].
  • scytale's subclass of is recorded as cipher machine[4].
  • scytale's Commons category is recorded as Scytale[5].
  • scytale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0130w6[6].
  • scytale's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[7].
  • scytale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/scytale[8].
  • scytale's Treccani ID is recorded as scitale[9].
  • scytale's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 10814073[10].

Why It Matters

scytale ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[1] scytale has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] scytale is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scytale. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scytale-q869360-2
MLA “scytale.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scytale-q869360-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scytale-q869360-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scytale}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scytale-q869360-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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