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tessera

Summary

tessera ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tessera is a type of art material[2].
  • tessera is a type of building material[3].
  • tessera is a type of tile[4].
  • tessera is part of mosaic[5].
  • tessera is used for mosaic[6].
  • tessera's Commons category is recorded as Tessera[7].
  • tessera's different from is recorded as Tessela[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include art material[2], building material[3], and tile[4].

Use and Application

tessera is used for mosaic[6]. tessera is part of mosaic[5].

Why It Matters

tessera ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[1] tessera has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] tessera is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Shakko · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Part of → mosaic
    Has use → mosaic
    Part of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Mosaic Tesserae MET 2016 11 1 50 MED s01.jpg"
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