Kanishka casket
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The Kanishka casket is an ancient Buddhist reliquary from the Kushan period, renowned for its intricate depictions of the Buddha and deities and its association with the reign of Emperor Kanishka I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kanishka casket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11562938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kanishka casket Context triple: [Kanishka I, knownFor, Kanishka casket]
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Tabnit Sarcophagus
The Tabnit Sarcophagus is an ornate 5th-century BCE Phoenician royal stone coffin, famed for its bilingual inscriptions and exceptional preservation, now housed in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.
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Alexander Sarcophagus
The Alexander Sarcophagus is an elaborately carved late 4th-century BCE stone coffin, famed for its detailed reliefs depicting Alexander the Great in battle and hunting scenes, and is considered one of the masterpieces of classical sculpture.
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Karajía sarcophagi
The Karajía sarcophagi are a group of striking pre-Inca funerary statues carved into a cliffside in northern Peru, notable for their anthropomorphic forms and association with elite burials of the Chachapoya people.
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Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims
The Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims is a memorial structure in Plymouth that holds the remains of early Mayflower settlers and commemorates their role in the founding of the Plymouth Colony.
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Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women
The Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women is an elaborately carved ancient stone coffin famed for its procession of veiled female figures in grief, considered one of the masterpieces of classical funerary art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kanishka casket Target entity description: The Kanishka casket is an ancient Buddhist reliquary from the Kushan period, renowned for its intricate depictions of the Buddha and deities and its association with the reign of Emperor Kanishka I.
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A.
Tabnit Sarcophagus
The Tabnit Sarcophagus is an ornate 5th-century BCE Phoenician royal stone coffin, famed for its bilingual inscriptions and exceptional preservation, now housed in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.
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B.
Alexander Sarcophagus
The Alexander Sarcophagus is an elaborately carved late 4th-century BCE stone coffin, famed for its detailed reliefs depicting Alexander the Great in battle and hunting scenes, and is considered one of the masterpieces of classical sculpture.
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C.
Karajía sarcophagi
The Karajía sarcophagi are a group of striking pre-Inca funerary statues carved into a cliffside in northern Peru, notable for their anthropomorphic forms and association with elite burials of the Chachapoya people.
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D.
Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims
The Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims is a memorial structure in Plymouth that holds the remains of early Mayflower settlers and commemorates their role in the founding of the Plymouth Colony.
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E.
Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women
The Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women is an elaborately carved ancient stone coffin famed for its procession of veiled female figures in grief, considered one of the masterpieces of classical funerary art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist reliquary
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Kushan-period object ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ |
| artisticTradition | Greco-Buddhist art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kanishka I
NERFINISHED
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Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| countryOfDiscovery | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Kushan Empire in Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Peshawar Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bodhisattvas
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Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ deities ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Shah-ji-ki-Dheri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredNear | Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | David Brainard Spooner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | container for Buddha’s relics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
base
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cylindrical body ⓘ lid ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important Buddhist relic of Gandhara region ⓘ |
| iconography |
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
NERFINISHED
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Bodhisattva Maitreya NERFINISHED ⓘ flying deities ⓘ garlands and floral motifs ⓘ standing Buddha ⓘ |
| inscription | dedicatory inscription naming Kanishka ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Kharosthi ⓘ |
| material |
carnelian
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gilded copper ⓘ gold ⓘ lapis lazuli ⓘ silver ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| period | Kushan period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for early Mahayana Buddhist devotion
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evidence for royal patronage of Buddhism under Kanishka I ⓘ |
| style | Gandharan art ⓘ |
| technique |
gilding
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repoussé ⓘ |
| use | reliquary for Buddhist relics ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kharosthi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Kanishka casket Description of subject: The Kanishka casket is an ancient Buddhist reliquary from the Kushan period, renowned for its intricate depictions of the Buddha and deities and its association with the reign of Emperor Kanishka I.
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