Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription

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Sasanian royal inscription rock inscription trilingual inscription

The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription is a monumental Sasanian rock inscription by Shapur I, carved in three languages and detailing his reign, conquests, and royal ideology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription canonical	2
Sasanian royal inscriptions	1
inscriptions of Shapur I	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5857342 — 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: Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription
Context triple: [Shapur I, notableWork, Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription]

A. Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions
The Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions are monumental trilingual royal texts carved into the rock-cut tombs and reliefs of Achaemenid and Sasanian kings near Persepolis, providing key historical and linguistic evidence about ancient Persia.
B. Ganjnameh inscriptions
The Ganjnameh inscriptions are ancient Achaemenid rock carvings near Hamadan, Iran, bearing trilingual cuneiform texts commissioned by Darius I and Xerxes I.
C. Persepolis inscriptions
The Persepolis inscriptions are a collection of monumental royal texts carved in Old Persian and other languages on the palaces and terraces of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital of Persepolis in present-day Iran.
D. Behistun Inscription
The Behistun Inscription is a monumental multilingual rock relief commissioned by Darius the Great in present-day Iran, whose cuneiform texts were crucial in deciphering Old Persian and other ancient Near Eastern scripts.
E. Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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: Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription
Target entity description: The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription is a monumental Sasanian rock inscription by Shapur I, carved in three languages and detailing his reign, conquests, and royal ideology.

A. Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions
The Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions are monumental trilingual royal texts carved into the rock-cut tombs and reliefs of Achaemenid and Sasanian kings near Persepolis, providing key historical and linguistic evidence about ancient Persia.
B. Ganjnameh inscriptions
The Ganjnameh inscriptions are ancient Achaemenid rock carvings near Hamadan, Iran, bearing trilingual cuneiform texts commissioned by Darius I and Xerxes I.
C. Persepolis inscriptions
The Persepolis inscriptions are a collection of monumental royal texts carved in Old Persian and other languages on the palaces and terraces of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital of Persepolis in present-day Iran.
D. Behistun Inscription
The Behistun Inscription is a monumental multilingual rock relief commissioned by Darius the Great in present-day Iran, whose cuneiform texts were crucial in deciphering Old Persian and other ancient Near Eastern scripts.
E. Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sasanian royal inscription ⓘ rock inscription ⓘ trilingual inscription ⓘ
associatedWith	Sasanian royal cult ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ
author	Shapur I ⓘ
chronology	early Sasanian period ⓘ
commissionedBy	Shapur I ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
creator	Shapur I ⓘ
culture	Sasanian Empire ⓘ
date	3rd century CE ⓘ
describes	cities and provinces under Shapur I ⓘ territorial extent of Sasanian Empire ⓘ
function	dynastic legitimation ⓘ royal propaganda ⓘ
genre	royal historical inscription ⓘ victory inscription ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Naqsh-e Rustam archaeological complex ⓘ
historicalImportance	major source for Sasanian-Roman relations ⓘ major source for history of Shapur I ⓘ
inscribedOn	walls of Ka'ba-ye Zartosht tower ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Middle Persian ⓘ linked to: Middle Persian language Parthian ⓘ linked to: Parthian language
locatedIn	Fars Province ⓘ Ka'ba-ye Zartosht ⓘ Naqsh-e Rustam ⓘ linked to: Naqsh-e Rostam
locatedNear	Persepolis ⓘ
material	rock ⓘ
medium	rock carving ⓘ
mentions	Roman Empire ⓘ capture of Valerian ⓘ defeat of Roman emperors ⓘ
region	ancient Persis ⓘ
script	Pahlavi script ⓘ
subject	Sasanian royal ideology ⓘ conquests of Shapur I ⓘ genealogy of Sasanian kings ⓘ military campaigns of Shapur I ⓘ reign of Shapur I ⓘ titles of Shapur I ⓘ
timePeriod	reign of Shapur I ⓘ linked to: Shapur I
typeOfWork	epigraphic monument ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ Middle Persian Pahlavi ⓘ linked to: Middle Persian language Parthian Pahlavi ⓘ linked to: Parthian script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shapur I → notableWork → Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription ⓘ

Shabuhr → historicalAttestation → Sasanian royal inscriptions ⓘ

linked to: Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription

Sapor → hasWork → Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription ⓘ

Battle of Misiche → primarySourceMention → inscriptions of Shapur I ⓘ