Shoshenq VI
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Shoshenq VI was a little-known pharaoh who ruled part of Egypt during the politically fragmented late Third Intermediate Period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoshenq VI canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7699197 — 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: Shoshenq VI Context triple: [Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt, hasPharaoh, Shoshenq VI]
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A.
Shoshenq V
Shoshenq V was a late pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, ruling during the Third Intermediate Period and known from sparse inscriptions and dated monuments.
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B.
Shoshenq IV
Shoshenq IV was a relatively obscure pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, ruling during the Third Intermediate Period and known mainly from a limited number of inscriptions and monuments.
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C.
Shoshenq III
Shoshenq III was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period who ruled much of the Nile Delta and continued the Libyan-descended line of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
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D.
Shoshenq II
Shoshenq II was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, primarily recognized from his richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis.
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E.
Tefnakht
Tefnakht was a Libyan-origin ruler and founder of Egypt’s 24th Dynasty, known for leading a coalition of Delta chiefs against the Nubian king Piye during the Third Intermediate Period.
- 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: Shoshenq VI Target entity description: Shoshenq VI was a little-known pharaoh who ruled part of Egypt during the politically fragmented late Third Intermediate Period.
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A.
Shoshenq V
Shoshenq V was a late pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, ruling during the Third Intermediate Period and known from sparse inscriptions and dated monuments.
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B.
Shoshenq IV
Shoshenq IV was a relatively obscure pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, ruling during the Third Intermediate Period and known mainly from a limited number of inscriptions and monuments.
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C.
Shoshenq III
Shoshenq III was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period who ruled much of the Nile Delta and continued the Libyan-descended line of the Twenty-second Dynasty.
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D.
Shoshenq II
Shoshenq II was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, primarily recognized from his richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis.
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E.
Tefnakht
Tefnakht was a Libyan-origin ruler and founder of Egypt’s 24th Dynasty, known for leading a coalition of Delta chiefs against the Nubian king Piye during the Third Intermediate Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Karnak Nile Level Texts
ⓘ
linked to:
Karnak Temple inscriptions
Theban priestly records ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| disputedIssues |
exact dates of reign
ⓘ
extent of territorial control ⓘ |
| dynasty | Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| eraName |
Third Intermediate Period
ⓘ
linked to:
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
|
| historicalPeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Karnak inscriptions
ⓘ
linked to:
Karnak Temple inscriptions
Theban monuments ⓘ |
| language |
Egyptian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Egyptian language family
|
| nomen | Shoshenq ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a little-known pharaoh of a fragmented Egypt ⓘ |
| politicalContext | politically fragmented Egypt ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| praenomen | Usermaatre Setepenamun ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pedubast I ⓘ |
| reignDuring |
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
ⓘ
late Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 795 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 801 BC ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Libyan-origin rulers in Egypt ⓘ |
| royalTitle | King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Thebes
ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| successor | Osorkon III ⓘ |
| throneName | Usermaatre Setepenamun ⓘ |
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: Shoshenq VI Description of subject: Shoshenq VI was a little-known pharaoh who ruled part of Egypt during the politically fragmented late Third Intermediate Period.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.