God’s Wife of Amun
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God’s Wife of Amun was a powerful and celibate high-ranking priestess in ancient Thebes who controlled vast temple estates and wielded significant religious and political influence in the cult of the god Amun.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| God’s Wife of Amun canonical | 6 |
| Divine Adoratrice of Amun | 4 |
| God's Wife of Amun | 1 |
| God’s Wife of Amun (as key office linked to the cult) | 1 |
| God’s Wife of Amun in Thebes | 1 |
| Karomama, Divine Adoratrice of Amun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21648256 — 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: God’s Wife of Amun Context triple: [Nitocris I, title, God’s Wife of Amun]
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A.
Lady of Bubastis
Lady of Bubastis is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, revered as a feline deity of home, fertility, and protection whose principal cult center was the city of Bubastis.
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B.
Meryet-Aten
Meryet-Aten is an alternative name for Meritaten, the eldest daughter of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, who played a prominent role during the Amarna period.
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C.
Merneith
Merneith was an early First Dynasty Egyptian queen, likely a regent and possibly one of the first female rulers in recorded history.
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D.
Hathor
Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with love, music, motherhood, fertility, and joy, often depicted as a cow or a woman with cow horns and a sun disk.
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E.
Heqet
Heqet is an ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess associated primarily with fertility, childbirth, and the life-giving power of the Nile.
- 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: God’s Wife of Amun Target entity description: God’s Wife of Amun was a powerful and celibate high-ranking priestess in ancient Thebes who controlled vast temple estates and wielded significant religious and political influence in the cult of the god Amun.
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A.
Lady of Bubastis
Lady of Bubastis is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, revered as a feline deity of home, fertility, and protection whose principal cult center was the city of Bubastis.
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B.
Meryet-Aten
Meryet-Aten is an alternative name for Meritaten, the eldest daughter of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, who played a prominent role during the Amarna period.
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C.
Merneith
Merneith was an early First Dynasty Egyptian queen, likely a regent and possibly one of the first female rulers in recorded history.
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D.
Hathor
Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with love, music, motherhood, fertility, and joy, often depicted as a cow or a woman with cow horns and a sun disk.
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E.
Heqet
Heqet is an ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess associated primarily with fertility, childbirth, and the life-giving power of the Nile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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