Abydos King List
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The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abydos King List canonical | 15 |
| Abydos King List (via Amenhotep II) | 1 |
| Abydos King List of pharaohs | 1 |
| Abydos King List reliefs | 1 |
| Abydos inscriptions | 1 |
| Abydos king list | 1 |
| Abydos king lists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2185785 — 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: Abydos King List Context triple: [Userkaf, attestedInSource, Abydos King List]
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A.
Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
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B.
Westcar Papyrus
The Westcar Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian text containing a collection of magical tales and wonder stories set in the court of King Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty.
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C.
Sumerian King List
The Sumerian King List is an ancient Mesopotamian text that records a legendary sequence of kings, their dynasties, and improbably long reigns from mythical times through early historical periods.
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D.
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions
The Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions are a group of early alphabetic texts found in a turquoise-mining region of the Sinai Peninsula, often considered among the earliest examples of the Proto-Canaanite script and a key milestone in the development of alphabetic writing.
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E.
Two Lands of Egypt
The Two Lands of Egypt refers to the ancient political and symbolic union of Upper and Lower Egypt, often represented in royal titles and iconography as a single, unified kingdom.
- 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: Abydos King List Target entity description: The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.
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A.
Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
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B.
Westcar Papyrus
The Westcar Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian text containing a collection of magical tales and wonder stories set in the court of King Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty.
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C.
Sumerian King List
The Sumerian King List is an ancient Mesopotamian text that records a legendary sequence of kings, their dynasties, and improbably long reigns from mythical times through early historical periods.
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D.
Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions
The Serabit el-Khadim inscriptions are a group of early alphabetic texts found in a turquoise-mining region of the Sinai Peninsula, often considered among the earliest examples of the Proto-Canaanite script and a key milestone in the development of alphabetic writing.
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E.
Two Lands of Egypt
The Two Lands of Egypt refers to the ancient political and symbolic union of Upper and Lower Egypt, often represented in royal titles and iconography as a single, unified kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian king list
ⓘ
historical inscription ⓘ royal canon ⓘ |
| chronologyEnd |
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
19th Dynasty of Egypt
reign of Seti I ⓘ |
| chronologyStart |
Early Dynastic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
1st Dynasty of Egypt
reign of Menes ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| commissionedBy | Seti I ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Saqqara King List
ⓘ
Turin King List ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| creator | Seti I ⓘ |
| currentCondition | partially damaged ⓘ |
| depicts |
Ramesses II
ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| excludes |
Akhenaten
ⓘ
Ay ⓘ Hatshepsut ⓘ Hyksos ⓘ
surface form:
Hyksos rulers
Smenkhkare ⓘ Tutankhamun ⓘ |
| foundInStructure | Hall of Ancestors ⓘ |
| genre | chronological list ⓘ |
| includes |
Ahmose I
ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ Djoser ⓘ Horemheb ⓘ Khufu ⓘ Narmer ⓘ
surface form:
Menes
Mentuhotep II ⓘ Ramesses I ⓘ Seti I ⓘ Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ
surface form:
Sneferu
Thutmose III ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Abydos
ⓘ
Temple of Seti I ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Seti I at Abydos
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| medium | relief carving ⓘ |
| numberOfNames | 76 ⓘ |
| partOf | decorative program of the Temple of Seti I ⓘ |
| purpose |
religious commemoration of royal ancestors
ⓘ
to present a sequence of legitimate kings ⓘ |
| religiousContext | cult of Osiris at Abydos ⓘ |
| style | processional scene of kings ⓘ |
| subject |
pharaohs of Egypt
ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ |
| use | reconstructing Egyptian chronology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Egyptologists ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage |
Egyptian language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian language
|
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Subject: Abydos King List Description of subject: The Abydos King List is an ancient Egyptian inscription from the temple of Seti I that records a chronological sequence of pharaohs considered legitimate rulers.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abydos inscriptions
this entity surface form:
Abydos king lists
this entity surface form:
Abydos King List reliefs
this entity surface form:
Abydos king list
this entity surface form:
Abydos King List of pharaohs
this entity surface form:
Abydos King List (via Amenhotep II)