Sobekemsaf I
E919622
Sobekemsaf I was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh known from the late Second Intermediate Period, associated with Theban rule and the complex political fragmentation preceding the New Kingdom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sobekemsaf I canonical | 3 |
| Sobekemsaf II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10326812 — 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: Sobekemsaf I Context triple: [13th Dynasty of Egypt, hasPharaoh, Sobekemsaf I]
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A.
Sobekkare
Sobekkare is the throne name (praenomen) of Sobekneferu, a queen who ruled as a pharaoh of ancient Egypt at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Smendes I
Smendes I was the founder of Egypt’s Twenty-first Dynasty, who established his rule from Tanis and initiated the political fragmentation characteristic of the Third Intermediate Period.
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D.
Kha-sekhemui
Kha-sekhemui, better known as Khasekhemwy, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Dynasty noted for reuniting Upper and Lower Egypt and for his distinctive monuments at Hierakonpolis and Abydos.
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E.
Nebethetepet
Nebethetepet is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with Atum, often linked to concepts of satisfaction, offerings, and the manifestation of divine will.
- 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: Sobekemsaf I Target entity description: Sobekemsaf I was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh known from the late Second Intermediate Period, associated with Theban rule and the complex political fragmentation preceding the New Kingdom.
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A.
Sobekkare
Sobekkare is the throne name (praenomen) of Sobekneferu, a queen who ruled as a pharaoh of ancient Egypt at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.
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B.
Setnakhte
Setnakhte was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty, known for restoring stability after the turbulent late Nineteenth Dynasty.
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C.
Smendes I
Smendes I was the founder of Egypt’s Twenty-first Dynasty, who established his rule from Tanis and initiated the political fragmentation characteristic of the Third Intermediate Period.
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D.
Kha-sekhemui
Kha-sekhemui, better known as Khasekhemwy, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Second Dynasty noted for reuniting Upper and Lower Egypt and for his distinctive monuments at Hierakonpolis and Abydos.
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E.
Nebethetepet
Nebethetepet is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with Atum, often linked to concepts of satisfaction, offerings, and the manifestation of divine will.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Sobek ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Thebes ⓘ |
| burialSite | unknown tomb in Theban necropolis ⓘ |
| capital | Thebes ⓘ |
| category |
Pharaohs of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| child | Sobekemsaf II ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext |
before the New Kingdom
ⓘ
before the rise of the Eighteenth Dynasty ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| culture | ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| era | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| father | Intef VI ⓘ |
| governedDuring | decline of centralized royal power in Egypt ⓘ |
| hasNameInModernLanguage | Sobekemsaf I ⓘ |
| hasPraenomen | Sekhemre Wadjkhau ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
ⓘ
Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
inscriptions on statues
ⓘ
scarab seals ⓘ stelae from Thebes ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Sobek is his protection ⓘ |
| nomen | Sobekemsaf ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Theban line of kings
ⓘ
rule during political fragmentation of Egypt ⓘ |
| politicalContext | period of divided rule between Thebes and the Hyksos ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ |
| praenomenTransliteration | Sḫm-rˁ W3ḏ-ḫˁw ⓘ |
| predecessor | Intef VI ⓘ |
| reign |
Second Intermediate Period
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
late Second Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| residence | Thebes ⓘ |
| ruledFrom | Thebes ⓘ |
| ruledRegion | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Queen Nubkhaes ⓘ |
| successor | Sobekemsaf II ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
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: Sobekemsaf I Description of subject: Sobekemsaf I was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh known from the late Second Intermediate Period, associated with Theban rule and the complex political fragmentation preceding the New Kingdom.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sobekemsaf I