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Mercy seat

gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant
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Summary

Mercy seat is a lid[1]. It draws 1,579 Wikipedia views per month (lid category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: religious object[3]
  • Made from material: gold[4]
  • Part of: Ark of the Covenant[5]
  • Commons category: Mercy seat[6]
  • Different from: Torah valance[7], Throne of Mercy[8]
  • Length: 2.5 cubit[9]
  • Width: 1.5 cubit[10]
  • Thickness: 1 hand[11]

Why It Matters

Mercy seat has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mercy seat. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mercy-seat
MLA “Mercy seat.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mercy-seat.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mercy-seat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mercy seat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mercy-seat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · The Squirrel Conspiracy · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'ja', 'km', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 's
    Image → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Kapporet and Ark.png"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
    Biblissima authority id → Vancouver International Airport
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q321224, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 13w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → lid, religious object
    Thickness → {'unit': 'Q1552740', 'amount': '+1'}
    Instance of → —
    Part of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: religious object"
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