Nebamun
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Nebamun was an ancient Egyptian scribe and grain accountant of the 18th Dynasty, best known from the richly decorated Theban tomb-chapel whose famous wall paintings are now in the British Museum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nebamun canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10993671 — 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: Nebamun Context triple: [tomb of Nebamun paintings, mainSubject, Nebamun]
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A.
Nitria
Nitria was one of the earliest and most important Christian monastic centers in the Egyptian desert, renowned as a hub of the Desert Fathers’ ascetic life.
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B.
Neshnabé
Neshnabé is the self-designation used by the Potawatomi people to refer to themselves in their own language.
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C.
Mundugumor
Mundugumor refers to a Papua New Guinean riverine people (also known as the Biwat) whose strongly aggressive, competitive social life was famously analyzed by Margaret Mead in her cross-cultural study of gender and temperament.
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D.
Tayasal
Tayasal was a major Itza Maya city in present-day Guatemala that served as one of the last independent Maya strongholds before Spanish conquest.
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E.
The Basin
The Basin is a popular, sheltered swimming and snorkeling beach on Rottnest Island in Western Australia, known for its clear turquoise water and white sand.
- 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: Nebamun Target entity description: Nebamun was an ancient Egyptian scribe and grain accountant of the 18th Dynasty, best known from the richly decorated Theban tomb-chapel whose famous wall paintings are now in the British Museum.
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A.
Nitria
Nitria was one of the earliest and most important Christian monastic centers in the Egyptian desert, renowned as a hub of the Desert Fathers’ ascetic life.
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B.
Neshnabé
Neshnabé is the self-designation used by the Potawatomi people to refer to themselves in their own language.
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C.
Mundugumor
Mundugumor refers to a Papua New Guinean riverine people (also known as the Biwat) whose strongly aggressive, competitive social life was famously analyzed by Margaret Mead in her cross-cultural study of gender and temperament.
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D.
Tayasal
Tayasal was a major Itza Maya city in present-day Guatemala that served as one of the last independent Maya strongholds before Spanish conquest.
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E.
The Basin
The Basin is a popular, sheltered swimming and snorkeling beach on Rottnest Island in Western Australia, known for its clear turquoise water and white sand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian person
ⓘ
grain accountant ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | masterpieces of ancient Egyptian painting ⓘ |
| artStyle | Eighteenth Dynasty tomb painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Museum wall paintings
ⓘ
linked to:
British Museum Egyptian collection
Theban tomb-chapel of Nebamun ⓘ
linked to:
tomb of Nebamun paintings
|
| burialPlace |
Thebes, Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Θῆβαι Αἰγύπτου (Thebes in Egypt)
|
| civilization |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| collection |
British Museum (tomb-chapel fragments)
ⓘ
linked to:
British Museum Egyptian collection
|
| depictedAs |
hunting in the marshes
ⓘ
overseeing agricultural work ⓘ seated at a banquet ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
his daughter
ⓘ
his wife ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
18th Dynasty of Egypt
|
| employer |
Temple of Amun at Karnak
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Amun-Re
|
| floruit | circa 1350 BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconographicSignificance | example of elite non-royal tomb art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Theban tomb-chapel wall paintings
ⓘ
scenes of banquets, hunting, and agricultural activities ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
My Lord Amun
ⓘ
linked to:
Beloved of Amun
|
| nationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| occupation |
grain accountant
ⓘ
scribe ⓘ |
| patronDeity | Amun ⓘ |
| period | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| position | scribe and grain accountant in the granary of the Temple of Amun ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| responsibility |
accounting for temple grain supplies
ⓘ
recording grain deliveries ⓘ |
| script | hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| socialStatus | middle-ranking temple official ⓘ |
| tombDesignation | undiscovered exact tomb number ⓘ |
| tombLocation | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| tombType | rock-cut tomb-chapel ⓘ |
| workplace | granaries of the Temple of Amun ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nebamun Description of subject: Nebamun was an ancient Egyptian scribe and grain accountant of the 18th Dynasty, best known from the richly decorated Theban tomb-chapel whose famous wall paintings are now in the British Museum.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.