Ptolemy of Telmessos
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Ptolemy of Telmessos was a Hellenistic dynast who ruled the city of Telmessos in Lycia and was connected to the Ptolemaic royal family through his mother, the Egyptian queen Arsinoe II.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ptolemy of Telmessos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18440762 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemy of Telmessos Context triple: [Arsinoe II, child, Ptolemy of Telmessos]
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Ptolemy of Aloros
Ptolemy of Aloros was a 4th-century BC Macedonian noble who seized power as regent after orchestrating the assassination of King Alexander II of Macedon.
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Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman client king of Mauretania under the Roman Empire, known as one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa.
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C.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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D.
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus was a 1st-century BCE Iturean dynast who ruled parts of the Levant, notably Chalcis, and played a significant role in the regional politics between the Seleucid, Hasmonean, and later Roman powers.
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Ptolemy son of Lagus
Ptolemy son of Lagus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemy of Telmessos Target entity description: Ptolemy of Telmessos was a Hellenistic dynast who ruled the city of Telmessos in Lycia and was connected to the Ptolemaic royal family through his mother, the Egyptian queen Arsinoe II.
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A.
Ptolemy of Aloros
Ptolemy of Aloros was a 4th-century BC Macedonian noble who seized power as regent after orchestrating the assassination of King Alexander II of Macedon.
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B.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman client king of Mauretania under the Roman Empire, known as one of the last monarchs of the ancient Berber kingdoms in North Africa.
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C.
Ptolemy
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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D.
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus
Ptolemy son of Mennaeus was a 1st-century BCE Iturean dynast who ruled parts of the Levant, notably Chalcis, and played a significant role in the regional politics between the Seleucid, Hasmonean, and later Roman powers.
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E.
Ptolemy son of Lagus
Ptolemy son of Lagus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.