Egyptian civil calendar
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The Egyptian civil calendar was the ancient Egyptians’ administrative and agricultural timekeeping system, consisting of a 365-day year divided into 12 months of 30 days plus five epagomenal days, and used to schedule festivals, religious observances, and state activities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ancient Egyptian civil calendar | 2 |
| Alexandrian calendar system | 1 |
| Egyptian civil calendar canonical | 1 |
| ancient Egyptian calendar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19497054 — 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: Egyptian civil calendar Context triple: [Festival of Sokar, calendarAssociation, Egyptian civil calendar]
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Coptic calendar
The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.
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Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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Sumerian calendar
The Sumerian calendar was one of the earliest known lunisolar calendars, developed in ancient Mesopotamia to organize religious festivals, agriculture, and civic life around the cycles of the moon and sun.
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Assyrian calendar
The Assyrian calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used by Assyrians, traditionally dating from an ancient Mesopotamian epoch and still employed today for cultural and national celebrations.
- 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: Egyptian civil calendar Target entity description: The Egyptian civil calendar was the ancient Egyptians’ administrative and agricultural timekeeping system, consisting of a 365-day year divided into 12 months of 30 days plus five epagomenal days, and used to schedule festivals, religious observances, and state activities.
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A.
Coptic calendar
The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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D.
Sumerian calendar
The Sumerian calendar was one of the earliest known lunisolar calendars, developed in ancient Mesopotamia to organize religious festivals, agriculture, and civic life around the cycles of the moon and sun.
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E.
Assyrian calendar
The Assyrian calendar is a lunisolar calendar system used by Assyrians, traditionally dating from an ancient Mesopotamian epoch and still employed today for cultural and national celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Egyptian civil calendar
subject linked to:
Amshir (Coptic month)
linked to: Egyptian civil calendar
linked to: Egyptian civil calendar