tomb of Psusennes I

E810303

archaeological site royal tomb

The tomb of Psusennes I is the richly furnished burial site of the 21st Dynasty pharaoh at Tanis, renowned for its intact royal treasures including a solid silver coffin and gold funerary mask.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tomb of Psusennes I	1
inscribed sarcophagus of Psusennes I	1
tomb of Psusennes I canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9628423 — 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: tomb of Psusennes I
Context triple: [Pierre Montet, notableDiscovery, tomb of Psusennes I]

A. Tomb of Khaemwaset
The Tomb of Khaemwaset is an ancient Egyptian royal burial in the Valley of the Queens, belonging to a prince of the Ramesside period.
B. Tomb of Amunherkhepshef
The Tomb of Amunherkhepshef is an ancient Egyptian royal burial site in the Theban necropolis, built for a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and noted for its well-preserved wall paintings and inscriptions.
C. tomb of Ramesses VI
The tomb of Ramesses VI is a richly decorated New Kingdom royal burial in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, notable for its extensive religious texts and vivid mythological scenes.
D. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
E. tomb of Ramesses III
The tomb of Ramesses III (KV11) is a richly decorated New Kingdom royal tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its extensive religious texts and vivid wall reliefs.
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: tomb of Psusennes I
Target entity description: The tomb of Psusennes I is the richly furnished burial site of the 21st Dynasty pharaoh at Tanis, renowned for its intact royal treasures including a solid silver coffin and gold funerary mask.

A. Tomb of Khaemwaset
The Tomb of Khaemwaset is an ancient Egyptian royal burial in the Valley of the Queens, belonging to a prince of the Ramesside period.
B. Tomb of Amunherkhepshef
The Tomb of Amunherkhepshef is an ancient Egyptian royal burial site in the Theban necropolis, built for a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and noted for its well-preserved wall paintings and inscriptions.
C. tomb of Ramesses VI
The tomb of Ramesses VI is a richly decorated New Kingdom royal burial in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, notable for its extensive religious texts and vivid mythological scenes.
D. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
E. tomb of Ramesses III
The tomb of Ramesses III (KV11) is a richly decorated New Kingdom royal tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its extensive religious texts and vivid wall reliefs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ royal tomb ⓘ
architecturalType	rock-cut tomb ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Amun ⓘ
belongsToSite	Temple complex of Amun at Tanis ⓘ linked to: Temple of Amun at Tanis
burialPlaceOf	Psusennes I ⓘ
chronology	early 10th century BCE ⓘ
comparativeSignificance	often compared to tomb of Tutankhamun for richness of grave goods ⓘ
condition	largely intact at time of discovery ⓘ
culture	Ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
currentLocationOfMainTreasures	Egyptian Museum in Cairo ⓘ linked to: Egyptian Museum
discoveredBy	Pierre Montet ⓘ
discoveryDate	1940 ⓘ
excavationDirectedBy	Pierre Montet ⓘ
excavationEnd	1940 ⓘ
excavationStart	1939 ⓘ
hasArtifact	bracelets and rings ⓘ gold sandals of Psusennes I ⓘ gold toe stalls of Psusennes I ⓘ inscribed pectoral with royal cartouche ⓘ pectoral ornaments ⓘ
hasOccupant	Psusennes I ⓘ
hasPart	canopic jars of Psusennes I ⓘ gold funerary mask of Psusennes I ⓘ gold jewelry of Psusennes I ⓘ inscribed sarcophagus of Psusennes I ⓘ linked to: tomb of Psusennes I shabti figures ⓘ silver anthropoid coffin of Psusennes I ⓘ wall inscriptions ⓘ
hasSecondaryBurial	Amenemope ⓘ Shoshenq II ⓘ Takelot I ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
locatedIn	Nile Delta ⓘ Tanis ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Sharqia Governorate ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Egypt ⓘ
materialOfFuneraryMask	gold ⓘ
materialOfMainCoffin	silver ⓘ
notableFor	gold funerary mask ⓘ intact royal burial assemblage ⓘ rich jewelry and grave goods ⓘ solid silver coffin ⓘ
partOf	royal necropolis of Tanis ⓘ linked to: Tanis royal necropolis
period	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
significance	one of the most important intact royal burials found in Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Montet → notableDiscovery → tomb of Psusennes I ⓘ

tomb of Psusennes I → hasPart → inscribed sarcophagus of Psusennes I ⓘ

linked to: tomb of Psusennes I

Tomb of Amenemope → relatedSite → Tomb of Psusennes I ⓘ

subject linked to: tomb of Amenemope