Agum II
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Agum II was a Kassite king of Babylon known from ancient inscriptions that credit him with restoring the statue and cult of the god Marduk to the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agum II canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8916742 — 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: Agum II Context triple: [Kassite period, hasNotableRuler, Agum II]
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A.
Agaja
Agaja was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa, known for expanding the kingdom’s power and centralizing its political and military structures.
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B.
Gukumatz
Gukumatz is a feathered serpent deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, closely associated with creation, wind, and wisdom and identified with the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.
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C.
Agulu
Agulu is a town in southeastern Nigeria known for its large natural lake and location within Anambra State.
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D.
Agger
Agger is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known as a tributary of the Sieg.
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E.
Amonute
Amonute is one of the lesser-known names of Pocahontas, the Native American woman famous for her association with the early English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
- 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: Agum II Target entity description: Agum II was a Kassite king of Babylon known from ancient inscriptions that credit him with restoring the statue and cult of the god Marduk to the city.
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A.
Agaja
Agaja was an 18th-century king of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa, known for expanding the kingdom’s power and centralizing its political and military structures.
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B.
Gukumatz
Gukumatz is a feathered serpent deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya, closely associated with creation, wind, and wisdom and identified with the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl.
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C.
Agulu
Agulu is a town in southeastern Nigeria known for its large natural lake and location within Anambra State.
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D.
Agger
Agger is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known as a tributary of the Sieg.
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E.
Amonute
Amonute is one of the lesser-known names of Pocahontas, the Native American woman famous for her association with the early English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kassite king
ⓘ
King of Babylon ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Marduk
ⓘ
Zarpanit ⓘ
linked to:
Sarpanit
|
| associatedPlace |
Babylon
ⓘ
Esagila temple ⓘ
linked to:
Esagila temple complex
|
| associatedWithEvent | return of Marduk’s statue to Babylon ⓘ |
| capital | Babylon ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Mesopotamian rulers
ⓘ
Kassite kings ⓘ Kings of Babylon ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Babylonian kings
|
| chronology | second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| country |
Babylonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Babylon
|
| culture |
Kassite culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Kassites
|
| dynasty |
Kassite dynasty of Babylon
ⓘ
linked to:
Kassite period
|
| era | Middle Babylonian period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kassite ⓘ |
| evidenceType | cuneiform inscription ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | poorly attested ruler ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| inscriptionScript | cuneiform ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Agum-kakrime inscription
ⓘ
ancient inscriptions ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Kassite language ⓘ |
| linkedTo | restoration of Babylon’s main cult statue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
restoration of the cult of Marduk in Babylon
ⓘ
restoration of the statue of Marduk ⓘ |
| performedRitual | reinstallation of Marduk in Esagila ⓘ |
| politicalRole | restorer of Babylonian cultic order ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Babylon ⓘ |
| region | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| restored |
cult of Marduk in Babylon
ⓘ
statue of Marduk ⓘ temple treasures of Marduk ⓘ |
| roleInReligion | patron of Marduk’s cult ⓘ |
| royalStyle | traditional Mesopotamian royal titulary ⓘ |
| sourceType | royal inscription ⓘ |
| title |
King of Babylon
ⓘ
King of the Kassites ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity |
Marduk
ⓘ
Zarpanit ⓘ
linked to:
Sarpanit
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Agum II Description of subject: Agum II was a Kassite king of Babylon known from ancient inscriptions that credit him with restoring the statue and cult of the god Marduk to the city.
Referenced by (2)
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