Cairo Stone
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The Cairo Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with royal annals that, together with the Palermo Stone, preserves one of the earliest known historical records of Egypt’s kings and major events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cairo Stone canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10774929 — 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: Cairo Stone Context triple: [Palermo Stone, relatedArtifact, Cairo Stone]
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A.
South Saqqara Stone
The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
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B.
Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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C.
Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is an ancient Egyptian monument on the island of Philae whose bilingual inscriptions were crucial in helping scholars decipher hieroglyphs.
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D.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
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E.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
- 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: Cairo Stone Target entity description: The Cairo Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with royal annals that, together with the Palermo Stone, preserves one of the earliest known historical records of Egypt’s kings and major events.
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A.
South Saqqara Stone
The South Saqqara Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt annal stone that preserves royal inscriptions and year-by-year records of kings from the late Old Kingdom.
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B.
Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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C.
Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is an ancient Egyptian monument on the island of Philae whose bilingual inscriptions were crucial in helping scholars decipher hieroglyphs.
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D.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
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E.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian artifact
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basalt slab ⓘ royal annals inscription ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Egyptian king lists
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Egyptian monarchy ⓘ |
| category |
Egyptian stelae
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archaeological artifacts of Egypt ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | early Egyptian history ⓘ |
| chronologyRole | primary source for early Egyptian king chronology ⓘ |
| complements | Palermo Stone ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture |
ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| function | historical record ⓘ |
| genre |
annalistic inscription
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king list ⓘ |
| inscriptionTechnique | carved ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | royal annals ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| material | basalt ⓘ |
| medium | stone ⓘ |
| partOf | Egyptian Royal Annals ⓘ |
| periodDocumented |
Old Kingdom of Egypt
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early dynastic period of Egypt ⓘ |
| records |
notable economic events
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notable political events ⓘ notable religious events ⓘ reigns of Egyptian kings ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Palermo Stone ⓘ |
| script | hieroglyphic ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for early Egyptian chronology
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one of the earliest known historical records of Egypt’s kings ⓘ |
| subjectOfInscription |
Egyptian kings
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major events ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing early Egyptian history
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studying royal succession in ancient Egypt ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Cairo Stone Description of subject: The Cairo Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with royal annals that, together with the Palermo Stone, preserves one of the earliest known historical records of Egypt’s kings and major events.
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