Kubaba
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Kubaba is an ancient mother-goddess figure revered in Anatolia and northern Syria, later associated with the Phrygian and Greek Cybele.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kubaba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8390858 — 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: Kubaba Context triple: [Luwians, majorDeity, Kubaba]
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A.
Tarḫunna
Tarḫunna is the chief storm god of the Hittite pantheon, associated with thunder, rain, and kingship.
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B.
Samsu-iluna
Samsu-iluna was a king of Babylon in the 18th century BCE, known for inheriting and struggling to maintain the vast empire established by his father Hammurabi.
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C.
Sin-leqi-unninni
Sin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the late second millennium BCE.
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D.
Mani-Utenam
Mani-Utenam is an Innu First Nations reserve community located near Sept-Îles in Quebec, Canada.
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E.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
- 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: Kubaba Target entity description: Kubaba is an ancient mother-goddess figure revered in Anatolia and northern Syria, later associated with the Phrygian and Greek Cybele.
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A.
Tarḫunna
Tarḫunna is the chief storm god of the Hittite pantheon, associated with thunder, rain, and kingship.
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B.
Samsu-iluna
Samsu-iluna was a king of Babylon in the 18th century BCE, known for inheriting and struggling to maintain the vast empire established by his father Hammurabi.
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C.
Sin-leqi-unninni
Sin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the late second millennium BCE.
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D.
Mani-Utenam
Mani-Utenam is an Innu First Nations reserve community located near Sept-Îles in Quebec, Canada.
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E.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient deity
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cybele
ⓘ
Greek religion ⓘ Phrygian religion ⓘ
linked to:
Phrygian mythology
|
| centerOfCult |
Carchemish
ⓘ
linked to:
Karkemish
|
| culture |
Hittite
ⓘ
Hurrian ⓘ Luwian ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
figure holding a mirror
ⓘ
figure holding a pomegranate ⓘ seated goddess ⓘ |
| domain |
city protection
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ royal power ⓘ |
| epithet | Queen of Carchemish ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| geographicSphere |
Northern Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
Southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to:
Southeastern Anatolia Region
|
| hasAspect |
maternal
ⓘ
protective ⓘ royal ⓘ |
| hasTitle | queen ⓘ |
| influenced |
Phrygian Cybele cult
ⓘ
linked to:
Cult of Cybele
|
| languageAttestedIn |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Hittite ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite language
Luwian ⓘ
linked to:
Cuneiform Luwian
|
| laterIdentifiedWith |
Cybele
ⓘ
Magna Mater ⓘ
linked to:
Cybele
|
| mentionedIn |
Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions
ⓘ
linked to:
Hieroglyphic Luwian
|
| region |
Upper Euphrates
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphrates
|
| religiousContinuityWith | Cybele ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Syro-Anatolian religion ⓘ |
| role |
mother goddess
ⓘ
protective deity ⓘ |
| symbol |
mirror
ⓘ
pomegranate ⓘ veil ⓘ |
| typeOf | city goddess ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Luwians
ⓘ
Neo-Hittites ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Hittite states
Syro-Hittite city-states ⓘ
linked to:
Syro-Hittite
|
| worshipPeriod |
Early Iron Age
ⓘ
linked to:
Iron Age I
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kubaba Description of subject: Kubaba is an ancient mother-goddess figure revered in Anatolia and northern Syria, later associated with the Phrygian and Greek Cybele.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.