Kadašman-Enlil I
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Kadašman-Enlil I was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and role in consolidating Kassite rule over Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kadashman-Enlil I | 4 |
| Kadašman-Enlil I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8916745 — 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: Kadašman-Enlil I Context triple: [Kassite period, hasNotableRuler, Kadašman-Enlil I]
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A.
Enmerkar
Enmerkar is a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk, best known from ancient Mesopotamian epics that depict his rivalries, quests, and early developments in writing and civilization.
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B.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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C.
Nergal-šarra-uṣur
Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
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D.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad was a powerful Mesopotamian king of the Akkadian Empire, famed for declaring himself a god and expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kadašman-Enlil I Target entity description: Kadašman-Enlil I was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and role in consolidating Kassite rule over Mesopotamia.
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A.
Enmerkar
Enmerkar is a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk, best known from ancient Mesopotamian epics that depict his rivalries, quests, and early developments in writing and civilization.
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B.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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C.
Nergal-šarra-uṣur
Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
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D.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin of Akkad was a powerful Mesopotamian king of the Akkadian Empire, famed for declaring himself a god and expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Mesopotamian ruler
ⓘ
Kassite king ⓘ King of Babylon ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Enlil ⓘ |
| capital | Babylon ⓘ |
| category |
14th-century BC monarchs in Asia
ⓘ
Kassite kings of Babylon ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| correspondedWith |
Akhenaten
ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Babylonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Babylon
|
| culture | Kassite ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelationsWith |
Egypt
ⓘ
Hatti ⓘ Mitanni ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Kassite dynasty of Babylon
ⓘ
linked to:
Kassite period
|
| era | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kassites ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
exchange of gifts with other Great Kings
ⓘ
marriage alliances with Egypt ⓘ |
| historicalContext | system of Great Powers diplomacy in the Near East ⓘ |
| historicalRole | strengthening Kassite control over Babylonia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidation of Kassite rule over Mesopotamia
ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence with Egypt ⓘ participation in the international diplomacy of the Amarna age ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian ⓘ |
| mainTerritory | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Enlil has given a son ⓘ |
| notableWork | letters preserved among the Amarna letters ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kassite period of Babylonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Kassite period
|
| positionHeld | King of Babylon ⓘ |
| predecessor | Karaindaš ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | ca. 1360 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | ca. 1374 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Babylon ⓘ |
| royalTitle |
King of Sumer and Akkad
ⓘ
King of the Kassites ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| source |
Amarna letters
ⓘ
cuneiform royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| successor | Burnaburiaš II ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Akkadian royal titulary ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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: Kadašman-Enlil I Description of subject: Kadašman-Enlil I was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE, known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and role in consolidating Kassite rule over Mesopotamia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kadašman-Enlil I
linked to: Kadašman-Enlil I
linked to: Kadašman-Enlil I
linked to: Kadašman-Enlil I