EA 24
E433450
Ptolemaic-period artifact
ancient Egyptian artifact
granodiorite stele
inscribed stele
museum object
EA 24 is the British Museum’s catalog designation for the Rosetta Stone, the famous granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that was key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EA 24 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4348955 — 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: EA 24 Context triple: [Rosetta Stone, catalogCode, EA 24]
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A.
Ea
Ea, also known as Enki, is a major Mesopotamian god associated with wisdom, magic, and freshwater, revered as a creator and benefactor of humanity.
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B.
EA
EA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Environment Agency, the public body responsible for environmental protection and regulation in England.
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C.
EPOC
EPOC is a mobile operating system originally developed by Psion that later evolved into the foundation of the Symbian platform.
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D.
SRO-EA
SRO-EA is the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s subregional office responsible for supporting economic and social development in Eastern African countries.
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E.
F24
F24 was the pennant number of HMS Maori, a British Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II.
- 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: EA 24 Target entity description: EA 24 is the British Museum’s catalog designation for the Rosetta Stone, the famous granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that was key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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A.
Ea
Ea, also known as Enki, is a major Mesopotamian god associated with wisdom, magic, and freshwater, revered as a creator and benefactor of humanity.
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B.
EA
EA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Environment Agency, the public body responsible for environmental protection and regulation in England.
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C.
EPOC
EPOC is a mobile operating system originally developed by Psion that later evolved into the foundation of the Symbian platform.
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D.
SRO-EA
SRO-EA is the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s subregional office responsible for supporting economic and social development in Eastern African countries.
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E.
F24
F24 was the pennant number of HMS Maori, a British Tribal-class destroyer that served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ptolemaic-period artifact
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian artifact ⓘ granodiorite stele ⓘ inscribed stele ⓘ museum object ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1802 ⓘ |
| acquisitionMethod | seized by British forces from French in Egypt ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Rosetta Stone ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | EA 24 ⓘ |
| color | dark grey to black ⓘ |
| condition | broken and incomplete ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | iconic artifact of Egyptology ⓘ |
| currentCity |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| currentCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentLocation | British Museum ⓘ |
| date | 196 BCE ⓘ |
| deciphermentContributor |
Jean-François Champollion
ⓘ
Thomas Young ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | French expedition to Egypt ⓘ |
| discoveryCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1799 ⓘ |
| discoveryRegion | Rashid ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Rosetta ⓘ |
| displayStatus | on public display ⓘ |
| gallery |
British Museum Egyptian sculpture gallery
ⓘ
linked to:
British Museum Egyptian collection
|
| influenceOnField | foundation of modern Egyptology ⓘ |
| inscriptionContent | priestly decree honoring Ptolemy V ⓘ |
| inscriptionSide | one side only ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | decree ⓘ |
| issuer | Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ |
| language |
Ancient Egyptian
ⓘ
Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legalStatus | property of the British Museum ⓘ |
| material | granodiorite ⓘ |
| museumCollection | British Museum Egyptian collection ⓘ |
| museumDepartment | Department of Egypt and Sudan ⓘ |
| objectType | fragmentary stele ⓘ |
| originalFunction | temple stele ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Temple at Sais or nearby region ⓘ |
| ownership | British Museum ⓘ |
| period |
Ptolemaic period
ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic Kingdom
|
| scriptArrangement | hieroglyphic at top, Demotic in middle, Greek at bottom ⓘ |
| scriptCount | 3 ⓘ |
| scriptPurpose | to present same decree in three scripts ⓘ |
| significance | key to decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | not repatriated to Egypt as of early 21st century ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Demotic script ⓘ Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EA 24 Description of subject: EA 24 is the British Museum’s catalog designation for the Rosetta Stone, the famous granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that was key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.