South Saqqara Stone
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The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Saqqara Stone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2291055 — 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: South Saqqara Stone Context triple: [Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, sourceOfKnowledge, South Saqqara Stone]
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A.
Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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B.
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
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C.
Great Sphinx of Tanis
The Great Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian granite sphinx statue, likely dating to the Middle Kingdom, renowned as one of the largest and most impressive Egyptian sculptures housed outside Egypt.
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D.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
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E.
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two massive 14th-century BCE stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III that once guarded his mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor, Egypt.
- 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: South Saqqara Stone Target entity description: The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
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A.
Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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B.
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
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C.
Great Sphinx of Tanis
The Great Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian granite sphinx statue, likely dating to the Middle Kingdom, renowned as one of the largest and most impressive Egyptian sculptures housed outside Egypt.
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D.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
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E.
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two massive 14th-century BCE stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III that once guarded his mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor, Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian annal stone
ⓘ
basalt stela ⓘ royal annals ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Saqqara
|
| associatedWith | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| category |
Egyptian chronicles
ⓘ
Egyptian inscriptions ⓘ Egyptian stelae ⓘ |
| chronologicalCoverage |
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
late Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| contains |
records of offerings
ⓘ
regnal years ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ royal names ⓘ year-by-year records of reigns ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalContext | royal court of the Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| datingMethod |
historical comparison with other annals
ⓘ
paleography ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
South Saqqara
|
| genre | royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
evidence for administration and cult practices
ⓘ
source for chronology of the late Old Kingdom ⓘ source for royal titulary ⓘ |
| inscribedFor |
Egyptian kings
ⓘ
pharaohs of the late Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| inscriptionOrientation | two-sided inscription ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | annalistic inscription ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ |
| material | basalt ⓘ |
| medium | stone inscription ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
South Saqqara
|
| objectType | large stone slab ⓘ |
| purpose |
record royal annals
ⓘ
record year-by-year events ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cairo Stone
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Palermo Stone ⓘ |
| relevanceTo |
Egyptian chronology studies
ⓘ
Egyptology ⓘ |
| scriptType | monumental inscription ⓘ |
| stateOfPreservation | fragmentary ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
reigns of Egyptian kings
ⓘ
state and religious events ⓘ |
| usedFor | official royal record keeping ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South Saqqara Stone Description of subject: The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
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