Arch of Titus reliefs

E11367

ancient Roman relief sculpture architectural sculpture

The Arch of Titus reliefs are ancient Roman sculptural panels in the Arch of Titus that famously portray Titus’s triumphal procession after the Jewish War, including the spoils taken from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

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Label	Occurrences
Arch of Titus reliefs canonical	2
Arch of Titus menorah relief	1
Flavian Roman art	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113399 — 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: Arch of Titus reliefs
Context triple: [Roman destruction of the Second Temple, depictedIn, Arch of Titus reliefs]

A. Colosseum
The Colosseum is an iconic ancient Roman amphitheater in Rome, renowned for hosting gladiatorial contests and public spectacles and symbolizing the architectural grandeur of the Roman Empire.
B. Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
C. Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
D. Prometheus statue
The Prometheus statue is a famous gilded bronze sculpture by Paul Manship that serves as an iconic centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center plaza.
E. Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
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: Arch of Titus reliefs
Target entity description: The Arch of Titus reliefs are ancient Roman sculptural panels in the Arch of Titus that famously portray Titus’s triumphal procession after the Jewish War, including the spoils taken from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

A. Colosseum
The Colosseum is an iconic ancient Roman amphitheater in Rome, renowned for hosting gladiatorial contests and public spectacles and symbolizing the architectural grandeur of the Roman Empire.
B. Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
C. Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
D. Prometheus statue
The Prometheus statue is a famous gilded bronze sculpture by Paul Manship that serves as an iconic centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center plaza.
E. Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman relief sculpture ⓘ architectural sculpture ⓘ
commemorates	Roman victory in the Jewish War ⓘ Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) ⓘ linked to: Roman destruction of the Second Temple Titus ⓘ
commissionedBy	Domitian ⓘ
conservationStatus	partially weathered ⓘ
creator	Roman sculptors ⓘ
culturalContext	Flavian dynasty ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
depictionDate	events of 70 CE ⓘ
depicts	Roman lictors ⓘ linked to: Roman fasces Roman soldiers carrying spoils ⓘ Roman standards ⓘ Roman triumphal procession ⓘ Table of the Shewbread ⓘ Titus’s triumphal procession ⓘ captive Jews ⓘ emperor Titus in a chariot ⓘ menorah from the Second Temple ⓘ personification of Victory ⓘ spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ triumphal archway ⓘ trumpets from the Second Temple ⓘ victorious Roman soldiers ⓘ
genre	historical relief ⓘ triumphal relief ⓘ
hasArtisticMovement	Roman Imperial art ⓘ
hasPart	relief of Titus in triumphal chariot ⓘ relief of the spoils of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasStyle	Flavian ⓘ linked to: Flavian dynasty Roman Imperial ⓘ
inception	circa 81 CE ⓘ
influenced	later representations of the menorah ⓘ modern memorials related to the Jewish diaspora ⓘ
locatedIn	Arch of Titus ⓘ Italy ⓘ Roman Forum ⓘ Rome ⓘ Via Sacra ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
partOf	Arch of Titus ⓘ
significance	earliest surviving depiction of the Temple menorah ⓘ important symbol in Jewish cultural memory ⓘ key visual source for the Roman triumph ritual ⓘ
subjectOf	Jewish art historical studies ⓘ Roman art historical studies ⓘ studies of Flavian propaganda ⓘ studies of the Jewish War ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Roman destruction of the Second Temple → depictedIn → Arch of Titus reliefs ⓘ

Relief of the Spoils of Jerusalem → artStyle → Flavian Roman art ⓘ

subject linked to: relief of the spoils of Jerusalem

linked to: Arch of Titus reliefs

Roman reliefs → notableExample → Arch of Titus reliefs ⓘ

coat of arms of Israel → designBasis → Arch of Titus menorah relief ⓘ