Fortress of Sargon
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Fortress of Sargon is the modern name for Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital city built by King Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE in present-day Iraq.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fortress of Sargon canonical | 4 |
| House of Sargon | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8846505 — 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: Fortress of Sargon Context triple: [Dur-Sharrukin, alternateName, Fortress of Sargon]
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A.
Babylon Fortress
Babylon Fortress is an ancient Roman military stronghold in present-day Cairo, Egypt, that later became a key center of early Christian and Coptic history.
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B.
Anu ziggurat
Anu ziggurat is an ancient Mesopotamian temple platform in the city of Uruk dedicated to the sky god Anu and associated with some of the earliest monumental religious architecture.
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C.
Ziggurat of Ur
The Ziggurat of Ur is a massive stepped pyramid temple from ancient Mesopotamia, built around the 21st century BCE in present-day Iraq and dedicated to the moon god Nanna.
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D.
Shali Fortress
Shali Fortress is a centuries-old mud-brick citadel in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis, renowned for its labyrinthine ruins and distinctive desert architecture.
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E.
Southwest Palace of Sennacherib
The Southwest Palace of Sennacherib is a grand Neo-Assyrian royal residence and administrative complex built by King Sennacherib in ancient Nineveh, renowned for its extensive reliefs and monumental architecture.
- 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: Fortress of Sargon Target entity description: Fortress of Sargon is the modern name for Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital city built by King Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE in present-day Iraq.
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A.
Babylon Fortress
Babylon Fortress is an ancient Roman military stronghold in present-day Cairo, Egypt, that later became a key center of early Christian and Coptic history.
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B.
Anu ziggurat
Anu ziggurat is an ancient Mesopotamian temple platform in the city of Uruk dedicated to the sky god Anu and associated with some of the earliest monumental religious architecture.
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C.
Ziggurat of Ur
The Ziggurat of Ur is a massive stepped pyramid temple from ancient Mesopotamia, built around the 21st century BCE in present-day Iraq and dedicated to the moon god Nanna.
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D.
Shali Fortress
Shali Fortress is a centuries-old mud-brick citadel in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis, renowned for its labyrinthine ruins and distinctive desert architecture.
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E.
Southwest Palace of Sennacherib
The Southwest Palace of Sennacherib is a grand Neo-Assyrian royal residence and administrative complex built by King Sennacherib in ancient Nineveh, renowned for its extensive reliefs and monumental architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ former capital city ⓘ |
| abandonedInCentury | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| artifactsLocatedIn |
British Museum
ⓘ
Iraq Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Iraqi National Museum
Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| belongsToCivilization |
Mesopotamian civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamia
|
| capitalOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate |
circa 717 BCE
ⓘ
late 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Austen Henry Layard
ⓘ
Paul-Émile Botta ⓘ |
| excavationStartCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Sargon II ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dur-Sharrukin
ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon) ⓘ
linked to:
Dur-Sharrukin
|
| hasCityLayout | orthogonal plan ⓘ |
| hasCityPlanType | planned city ⓘ |
| hasCulture |
Assyrian
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrians
|
| hasFeature |
administrative buildings
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ fortifications ⓘ lamassu statues ⓘ
linked to:
Lamassu sculptures
relief sculptures ⓘ royal palace ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
Neo-Assyrian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Assyrian Empire
|
| hasSignificance | example of Neo-Assyrian royal urban planning ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Fortress of Sargon ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus | part of the tentative World Heritage context of Assyrian capitals (informal) ⓘ |
| inUseUntil | after the death of Sargon II ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Nineveh plain
ⓘ
linked to:
Nineveh Plains
modern Khorsabad ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sargon II ⓘ |
| partOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Kalhu (Nimrud) as Assyrian capital
ⓘ
linked to:
Nimrud
|
| religionPracticed | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Nineveh as Assyrian capital ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age ⓘ |
| writtenInCuneiform | Akkadian inscriptions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Fortress of Sargon Description of subject: Fortress of Sargon is the modern name for Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital city built by King Sargon II in the late 8th century BCE in present-day Iraq.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fortress of Sargon
linked to: Fortress of Sargon