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Tablet of Shamash

Babylonian stone tablet
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Tablet of Shamash

Summary

Tablet of Shamash is a tablet[1]. It draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (tablet category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tablet of Shamash's image is recorded as Tablet of Shamash relief.jpg[3].
  • Tablet of Shamash's instance of is recorded as tablet[4].
  • Tablet of Shamash's instance of is recorded as inscription[5].
  • Tablet of Shamash's instance of is recorded as archaeological artefact[6].
  • Tablet of Shamash's made from material is recorded as limestone[7].
  • Tablet of Shamash's inventory number is recorded as 1881-04-28, 0034a[8].
  • Tablet of Shamash's location is recorded as British Museum[9].
  • Tablet of Shamash's Commons category is recorded as Sun-God Tablet[10].
  • Tablet of Shamash's language of work or name is recorded as Akkadian[11].
  • Tablet of Shamash's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gl09xn[12].
  • Tablet of Shamash's described at URL is recorded as http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=shamash_tablet[13].
  • Tablet of Shamash's CDLI ID is recorded as P472680[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tablet[4], inscription[5], and archaeological artefact[6].

Why It Matters

Tablet of Shamash draws 72 Wikipedia views per month (tablet category, ranking #4 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

British Museum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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