Seikilos epitaph

oldest surviving complete musical composition
VisualArtwork stele Q1059672
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Seikilos epitaph

Summary

Seikilos epitaph is a stele[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of stele entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Seikilos epitaph is located in Copenhagen Municipality[3].
  • Seikilos epitaph is in the country of Denmark[4].
  • Seikilos epitaph's instance of is recorded as stele[5].
  • Seikilos epitaph is made of marble[6].
  • Seikilos epitaph's location of discovery is recorded as Anatolia[7].
  • Seikilos epitaph's collection is recorded as National Museum of Denmark[8].
  • Seikilos epitaph's inventory number is recorded as 14897[9].
  • The location of Seikilos epitaph was National Museum of Denmark[10].
  • Seikilos epitaph's Commons category is recorded as Seikilos epitaph[11].
  • 200 marks the founding of Seikilos epitaph[12].
  • Seikilos epitaph's exhibition history is recorded as Rituels grecs : une expérience sensible[13].
  • Seikilos epitaph's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.8599167, 'lon': 27.8351059}[14].
  • Seikilos epitaph's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Aegean Region[15].
  • Seikilos epitaph's facet of is recorded as ancient music[16].
  • Seikilos epitaph's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+61'}[17].
  • Seikilos epitaph's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+25.5'}[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 228953e9-2bcc-43bb-958d-346d64f7ae51[19]

Body

Material and Period

Seikilos epitaph is made of marble[6]. It took place at National Museum of Denmark[10].

Why It Matters

Seikilos epitaph ranks in the top 4% of stele entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,304 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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