Sheshi
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Sheshi was a relatively obscure pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, often associated with the Fourteenth Dynasty and known primarily from scarab seals bearing his name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheshi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18430314 — 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: Sheshi Context triple: [Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt, notableRuler, Sheshi]
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A.
Shemu
Shemu is the ancient Egyptian season of harvest, marking the time when crops were gathered before the annual Nile inundation.
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B.
Wahibre
Wahibre was the throne name of Psamtik I, a 26th Dynasty pharaoh who reunified Egypt and initiated the Late Period’s political and cultural revival.
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C.
Wahibre
Wahibre, better known by his Greek name Apries, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 26th Dynasty who ruled in the early 6th century BCE and is noted for his foreign campaigns and eventual overthrow.
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D.
Seserakh
Seserakh is a Kargish princess from Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series who becomes the politically arranged wife of King Lebannen in "The Other Wind."
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E.
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.
- 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: Sheshi Target entity description: Sheshi was a relatively obscure pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period, often associated with the Fourteenth Dynasty and known primarily from scarab seals bearing his name.
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A.
Shemu
Shemu is the ancient Egyptian season of harvest, marking the time when crops were gathered before the annual Nile inundation.
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B.
Wahibre
Wahibre was the throne name of Psamtik I, a 26th Dynasty pharaoh who reunified Egypt and initiated the Late Period’s political and cultural revival.
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C.
Wahibre
Wahibre, better known by his Greek name Apries, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 26th Dynasty who ruled in the early 6th century BCE and is noted for his foreign campaigns and eventual overthrow.
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D.
Seserakh
Seserakh is a Kargish princess from Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series who becomes the politically arranged wife of King Lebannen in "The Other Wind."
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.