Cylinder B of Gudea
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Cylinder B of Gudea is one of a pair of large inscribed clay cylinders from ancient Mesopotamia that record the Sumerian ruler Gudea’s building activities and pious deeds in the city-state of Lagash.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gudea cylinders | 4 |
| Cylinder B of Gudea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8925999 — 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: Cylinder B of Gudea Context triple: [Gudea, hasWork, Cylinder B of Gudea]
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Cylinder A of Gudea
Cylinder A of Gudea is a large inscribed clay cylinder from ancient Mesopotamia that records the Sumerian ruler Gudea’s pious building activities and dedication of the temple of Ningirsu.
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Gudea
Gudea was a prominent ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, renowned for his piety, extensive building projects, and numerous inscribed statues.
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Uruk Vase
The Uruk Vase is an ancient Sumerian alabaster vessel from the city of Uruk, renowned for its early narrative relief carvings that depict religious rituals and social hierarchy in Mesopotamian art.
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Lamassu sculptures
Lamassu sculptures are monumental Assyrian protective deities depicted as winged human-headed bulls or lions that once guarded the entrances of palaces and cities in ancient Mesopotamia.
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E.
Simuwu Ding
Simuwu Ding is an ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessel from the Shang dynasty, renowned as one of the largest and most important bronze artifacts ever discovered in China.
- 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: Cylinder B of Gudea Target entity description: Cylinder B of Gudea is one of a pair of large inscribed clay cylinders from ancient Mesopotamia that record the Sumerian ruler Gudea’s building activities and pious deeds in the city-state of Lagash.
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A.
Cylinder A of Gudea
Cylinder A of Gudea is a large inscribed clay cylinder from ancient Mesopotamia that records the Sumerian ruler Gudea’s pious building activities and dedication of the temple of Ningirsu.
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B.
Gudea
Gudea was a prominent ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, renowned for his piety, extensive building projects, and numerous inscribed statues.
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C.
Uruk Vase
The Uruk Vase is an ancient Sumerian alabaster vessel from the city of Uruk, renowned for its early narrative relief carvings that depict religious rituals and social hierarchy in Mesopotamian art.
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D.
Lamassu sculptures
Lamassu sculptures are monumental Assyrian protective deities depicted as winged human-headed bulls or lions that once guarded the entrances of palaces and cities in ancient Mesopotamia.
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E.
Simuwu Ding
Simuwu Ding is an ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessel from the Shang dynasty, renowned as one of the largest and most important bronze artifacts ever discovered in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian inscription
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inscribed clay cylinder ⓘ royal building inscription ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Nanshe
ⓘ
Ningirsu ⓘ
linked to:
Ninurta
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| associatedWith |
city-state of Lagash
ⓘ
linked to:
Lagash
pious deeds of Gudea ⓘ royal propaganda ⓘ temple building activities ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | reign of Gudea of Lagash ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
ancient Mesopotamia
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamia
|
| creator | Gudea ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| depicts | relationship between Gudea and the gods ⓘ |
| describes |
construction of temples in Lagash
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divine instructions for temple construction ⓘ offerings and rituals performed by Gudea ⓘ |
| dynasty | Second Dynasty of Lagash ⓘ |
| function |
commemorative inscription
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foundation text ⓘ |
| genre | royal inscription ⓘ |
| hasCounterpart | Cylinder A of Gudea ⓘ |
| hasForm | large clay cylinder ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for Neo-Sumerian history
ⓘ
important source for Sumerian religion and cult practices ⓘ |
| inscribedBy | scribes of Gudea ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | cylinder inscription ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | extended narrative inscription ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gudea’s building activities
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Gudea’s religious devotion ⓘ |
| material | clay ⓘ |
| partOf | pair of Gudea cylinders ⓘ |
| period |
Neo-Sumerian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Third Dynasty of Ur period
|
| placeOfOrigin | Lagash ⓘ |
| purpose |
to demonstrate Gudea’s piety
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to record Gudea’s building works ⓘ |
| region | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion | Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| rulerDepicted | Gudea ⓘ |
| script | cuneiform ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Sumerian cuneiform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cylinder B of Gudea Description of subject: Cylinder B of Gudea is one of a pair of large inscribed clay cylinders from ancient Mesopotamia that record the Sumerian ruler Gudea’s building activities and pious deeds in the city-state of Lagash.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cylinder B of Gudea
subject linked to:
temple of Ningirsu at Girsu
linked to: Cylinder B of Gudea
subject linked to:
temple of Bau
linked to: Cylinder B of Gudea
linked to: Cylinder B of Gudea