black stone of Pessinus
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The black stone of Pessinus was an ancient meteorite venerated in Phrygia as a sacred image of the goddess Cybele and later brought to Rome as a powerful religious relic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elagabal stone (black meteorite) | 1 |
| black stone of Pessinus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21917881 — 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: black stone of Pessinus Context triple: [Megalesia, linkedToObject, black stone of Pessinus]
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A.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
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B.
Erzurum stone
Erzurum stone is a type of jet-like black gemstone traditionally mined and crafted in the Oltu district of Erzurum, Turkey, renowned for its use in jewelry and prayer beads.
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C.
Sogdian Rock
Sogdian Rock was a famously impregnable mountain fortress in ancient Sogdiana, best known for being dramatically captured by Alexander the Great during his Central Asian campaigns.
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D.
Tetrapylon of Palmyra
The Tetrapylon of Palmyra was a monumental Roman-era stone structure featuring four groups of columns at a major crossroads in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
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E.
Bel of Palmyra
Bel of Palmyra was the chief god of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, venerated as a supreme deity of the local pantheon and often identified with Mesopotamian and solar divinities.
- 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: black stone of Pessinus Target entity description: The black stone of Pessinus was an ancient meteorite venerated in Phrygia as a sacred image of the goddess Cybele and later brought to Rome as a powerful religious relic.
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A.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
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B.
Erzurum stone
Erzurum stone is a type of jet-like black gemstone traditionally mined and crafted in the Oltu district of Erzurum, Turkey, renowned for its use in jewelry and prayer beads.
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C.
Sogdian Rock
Sogdian Rock was a famously impregnable mountain fortress in ancient Sogdiana, best known for being dramatically captured by Alexander the Great during his Central Asian campaigns.
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D.
Tetrapylon of Palmyra
The Tetrapylon of Palmyra was a monumental Roman-era stone structure featuring four groups of columns at a major crossroads in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
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E.
Bel of Palmyra
Bel of Palmyra was the chief god of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, venerated as a supreme deity of the local pantheon and often identified with Mesopotamian and solar divinities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: black stone of Pessinus