Wikidata:Property proposal/British Museum object ID

British Museum object ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control

   Done: British Museum object ID (P8565) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a object in the British Museum
Represents	British Museum (Q6373)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	work of art (Q838948)
Allowed values	[A-Z]_[\w\-]+
Example 1	The Ancient of Days (Q2324840) → P_1859-0625-72
Example 2	Sutton Hoo helmet (Q1603141) → H_1939-1010-93-D-9
Example 3	Double-headed serpent (Q5299596) → E_Am1894-634
Example 4	The Rhinoceros (Q748518) → P_1895-0122-714
Source	https://www.britishmuseum.org
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Number of IDs in source	almost 4.5 million (source)
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/$1
See also	British Museum person or institution ID (P1711), British Museum thesaurus ID (P3632), British Museum place ID (P3633), P6077 (P6077)

Motivation

This property is very useful for get more information about work of art (Q838948) in the British Museum (Q6373) catalog. Pablo Busatto (talk) 19:13, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support; is the identifier also the inventory number (P217)? Arlo Barnes (talk) 04:57, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

@Arlo Barnes: It is similar. E.g.:

The Ancient of Days (Q2324840)inventory number (P217)1859,0625.72 → P_1859-0625-72

Sutton Hoo helmet (Q1603141)inventory number (P217)1939,1010.93.D.9 → H_1939-1010-93-D-9

Double-headed serpent (Q5299596)inventory number (P217)Am1894,-.634 → E_Am1894-634

The Rhinoceros (Q748518)inventory number (P217)1895,0122.714 → P_1895-0122-714

--Pablo Busatto (talk) 04:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

•  Support DrThneed (talk) 02:58, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@DrThneed:, Be careful not to undo the rest of the text, thanks. —Eihel (talk) 13:45, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

•  Support --Ecritures (talk) 10:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Jneubert (talk) 06:32, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

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@Pablo Busatto, Arlo Barnes, DrThneed, Ecritures, Jneubert:  Done British Museum object ID (P8565) —Eihel (talk) 05:17, 28 August 2020 (UTC)