Rosetta Stone
E97972
ancient Egyptian artifact
archaeological find
granodiorite stele
inscribed stele
multilingual inscription
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rosetta Stone canonical | 28 |
| Rosetta Stone (artifact) | 1 |
| Rosetta Stone decree | 1 |
| Rosetta Stone display | 1 |
| Rosetta Stone inscription | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T831657 — 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: Rosetta Stone Context triple: [Ptolemaic Kingdom, notableArtifact, Rosetta Stone]
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A.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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B.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
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C.
Phaistos
Phaistos is an important Bronze Age Minoan palace and archaeological site in southern Crete, known for its well-preserved ruins and the discovery of the enigmatic Phaistos Disc.
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D.
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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E.
Cyrus Cylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact inscribed with a proclamation by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, often regarded as an early charter of human rights and a key source on his policies toward conquered peoples.
- 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: Rosetta Stone Target entity description: The Rosetta Stone is an ancient granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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A.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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B.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
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C.
Phaistos
Phaistos is an important Bronze Age Minoan palace and archaeological site in southern Crete, known for its well-preserved ruins and the discovery of the enigmatic Phaistos Disc.
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D.
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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E.
Cyrus Cylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact inscribed with a proclamation by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, often regarded as an early charter of human rights and a key source on his policies toward conquered peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rosetta Stone Description of subject: The Rosetta Stone is an ancient granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree in three scripts that provided the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rosetta Stone
linked to: Rosetta Stone
subject linked to:
Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)
subject linked to:
“Rosetta Stone” as metaphor for key to understanding
linked to: Rosetta Stone
subject linked to:
the Manifest
linked to: Rosetta Stone
subject linked to:
Place des Écritures