Kufic script
E6833
Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kufic script canonical | 10 |
| Kufic | 3 |
| Eastern Kufic | 1 |
| foliated Kufic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66762 — 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: Kufic script Context triple: [Arabic, hasCalligraphicStyle, Kufic script]
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A.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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B.
Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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C.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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D.
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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E.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
- 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: Kufic script Target entity description: Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
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A.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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B.
Old Italic script
Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.
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C.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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D.
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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E.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic script
ⓘ
calligraphic script ⓘ |
| characteristic |
angular letterforms
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elongated horizontal strokes ⓘ geometric letterforms ⓘ horizontal emphasis ⓘ minimal curves ⓘ monumental appearance ⓘ thick strokes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iraq ⓘ |
| developedIn | Kufa ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Naskh script
ⓘ
Thuluth script ⓘ |
| floruitCentury |
10th century
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7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Kufic script
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Kufic
Maghribi script ⓘ
surface form:
Maghribi Kufic
floriated Kufic ⓘ Kufic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
foliated Kufic
geometric Kufic ⓘ square Kufic ⓘ |
| influenced |
Maghribi script
ⓘ
various regional Kufic styles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kufa ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
monumental display script
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religious inscription ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| relativeAge | oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy ⓘ |
| religiousUse |
Islamic religious texts
ⓘ
Qur’an copies ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Arabic script ⓘ |
| typicalMedium |
ceramic tiles
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metalwork ⓘ mosaic ⓘ parchment ⓘ stone ⓘ stucco ⓘ vellum ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage | Arabic language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Qur’anic manuscripts
ⓘ
architectural inscriptions ⓘ ceramic inscriptions ⓘ coin inscriptions ⓘ decorative epigraphy ⓘ early Islamic manuscripts ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic alphabet ⓘ |
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: Kufic script Description of subject: Kufic script is the oldest extant form of Arabic calligraphy, characterized by its angular, geometric letterforms and prominent use in early Qur’anic manuscripts and architectural inscriptions.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
foliated Kufic
this entity surface form:
Eastern Kufic
this entity surface form:
Kufic
this entity surface form:
Kufic
this entity surface form:
Kufic