ID: 700008972 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008972	Record Type: Built Work
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (mausoleum; Satyros and Pythius of Priene, for Mausolus; from ca. 367 BCE; Bodrum (Muğla, Türkiye, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hi...; )

Note: Monumental tomb, one of the most famous buildings of antiquity, completed ca. 350 BCE at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in honor of Mausolus, Satrap of Caria (reg 377-353 BCE), and his wife Artemisia (died 351 BCE).The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. Described as 43 m (140 ft) tall, consisting of a high rectangular podium supporting an Ionic colonnade surmounted by a pyramid of 24 steps crowned by a quadriga bearing a statue of Mausolus. One of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Construction began ca. 367 BCE; completed after the death of Mausolus 353 and wife Artemisia in 351. It was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century.

Titles:

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Mausoleum at Halikarnassos (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Mausoleum (Halicarnassus) (C,U,LC,English,U,U)

Mausoleion (Halicarnassus) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Maussolleion (Halicarnassus) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Mausoleum von Halikarnassos (Bodrum) (C,U,German,U,U)

Tomb of Mausolus (C,U,English,U,U)

Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ (C,U,Greek,U,U)

Halikarnas Mozolesi (C,U,Turkish (transliterated),U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mausoleum [300005891] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures, funerary buildings, sepulchral buildings)

former structure [300386958]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

ruins [300008057]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: from ca. 367 BCE

Creator Display:

Satyros and Pythius of Priene, for Mausolus [preferred]

architect Satyros (Greek architect, active 3rd-2nd centuries BCE) [500115574]

patron Mausolus (Persian satrap, died ca. 353 BCE) [500372660]

architect Pytheos (Ionian architect, active ca. 370-330 BCE) [500003251]

Locations:

Current: Destroyed: Bodrum [7016142] (Geographic)

Address Note: 37°02′16″N 27°25′27″E

Display Materials: masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: height: 43 m (140 ft)

Events:

destruction: earthquakes from 12th to 15th century

Cultures:

Asia Minor (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

funerary (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Mausolus (Persian satrap, died ca. 353 BCE) [500372660]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Mausoleum at Halikarnassos	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Mausoleum (Halicarnassus)	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85082330
Mausoleion (Halicarnassus)	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Maussolleion (Halicarnassus)	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Mausoleum von Halikarnassos (Bodrum)	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) DNB, National German Library
Tomb of Mausolus	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)
Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ	........ [VP]
	........ Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Halikarnas Mozolesi	........ [VP]
	........ VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... VIAF: Virtual International Authority File [online] (2009-) http://viaf.org/viaf/306286988; VIAF ID: 306286988 (Geographic)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)
	..... Oxford Companion to Western Art [online] (2008-)