Sokar
E161828
Sokar is an ancient Egyptian funerary god associated with the Memphite necropolis, the afterlife, and aspects of death and rebirth.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1316966 — 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: Sokar Context triple: [Ptah, syncretizedWith, Sokar]
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A.
Krakhuna
Krakhuna is a Georgian white grape variety from the Imereti region, known for producing aromatic, full-bodied wines with pronounced acidity.
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B.
Sulak
Sulak is a Thai social activist and Buddhist scholar known for his advocacy of human rights, democracy, and engaged Buddhism.
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C.
Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
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D.
Sivaraksa
Sivaraksa is the surname of Sulak Sivaraksa, a prominent Thai social activist, intellectual, and proponent of engaged Buddhism.
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E.
Fakui
Fakui is the given name of Zhang Fakui, a notable Chinese military figure.
- 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: Sokar Target entity description: Sokar is an ancient Egyptian funerary god associated with the Memphite necropolis, the afterlife, and aspects of death and rebirth.
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A.
Krakhuna
Krakhuna is a Georgian white grape variety from the Imereti region, known for producing aromatic, full-bodied wines with pronounced acidity.
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B.
Sulak
Sulak is a Thai social activist and Buddhist scholar known for his advocacy of human rights, democracy, and engaged Buddhism.
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C.
Raka
Raka is a renowned Afrikaans narrative poem by N. P. van Wyk Louw that explores themes of civilization, barbarism, and moral conflict through an allegorical tale.
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D.
Sivaraksa
Sivaraksa is the surname of Sulak Sivaraksa, a prominent Thai social activist, intellectual, and proponent of engaged Buddhism.
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E.
Fakui
Fakui is the given name of Zhang Fakui, a notable Chinese military figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
ⓘ
funerary god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Memphite necropolis
ⓘ
afterlife ⓘ death ⓘ rebirth ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Giza necropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Giza
Saqqara ⓘ
linked to:
Saqqara necropolis
|
| compositeForm |
Ptah-Sokar
ⓘ
linked to:
Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Ptah-Sokar-Osiris ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Memphis ⓘ |
| cultPeriod |
Middle Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Old Kingdom of Egypt
|
| domain |
burial rites
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| epithet |
He of Rosetau
ⓘ
Lord of the Mysterious Region ⓘ |
| festival | Festival of Sokar ⓘ |
| festivalLocation | Memphis ⓘ |
| function |
guide of the deceased in the underworld
ⓘ
receiver of offerings for the dead ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
often shown as a falcon on a shrine
ⓘ
sometimes depicted as a mummified man with falcon head ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
regeneration of the dead
ⓘ
transition between life and afterlife ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Amduat
ⓘ
Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ |
| mergedWith |
Osiris
ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ |
| offeringType |
food and drink for the dead
ⓘ
funerary offerings ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| role |
god of funerary practices
ⓘ
guardian of the necropolis ⓘ protector of the dead ⓘ |
| symbol |
Henu barque
ⓘ
falcon ⓘ hawk-headed man ⓘ mummiform figure ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| worshipperClass |
common Egyptians
ⓘ
priests of Memphis ⓘ royalty ⓘ |
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: Sokar Description of subject: Sokar is an ancient Egyptian funerary god associated with the Memphite necropolis, the afterlife, and aspects of death and rebirth.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sokar (Seker), Memphite funerary god
linked to: Sokar
subject linked to:
atef crown
subject linked to:
atef crown