Sobek
E166500
Sobek is an ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god associated with the Nile, military power, and protection.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sobek canonical | 30 |
| Sobek of Shedet | 3 |
| god Sobek | 3 |
| Sobek (crocodile god) | 1 |
| Sobek-Ra | 1 |
| crocodile god Sobek | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1158254 — 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: Sobek Context triple: [Neith, parentOf, Sobek]
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A.
Khnum
Khnum is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with the Nile’s inundation, creation, and the molding of human beings on a potter’s wheel.
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B.
Amun
Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity, often associated with the sun and creation and later merged with Ra as Amun-Ra, who became one of the chief gods of the Egyptian pantheon.
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C.
Horus
Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
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D.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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E.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
- 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: Sobek Target entity description: Sobek is an ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god associated with the Nile, military power, and protection.
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A.
Khnum
Khnum is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with the Nile’s inundation, creation, and the molding of human beings on a potter’s wheel.
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B.
Amun
Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity, often associated with the sun and creation and later merged with Ra as Amun-Ra, who became one of the chief gods of the Egyptian pantheon.
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C.
Horus
Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
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D.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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E.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
ⓘ
god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nile River
ⓘ
linked to:
Nile
crocodiles ⓘ fertility ⓘ kingship ⓘ military power ⓘ pharaonic power ⓘ protection ⓘ strength ⓘ water ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
crocodile
ⓘ
man with the head of a crocodile ⓘ |
| domain |
protection of the king
ⓘ
war ⓘ waters of the Nile ⓘ |
| epithet |
He who eats while he seizes
ⓘ
He who loves robbery ⓘ Lord of Faiyum ⓘ Sobek of Shedet ⓘ
linked to:
Sobek
Sobek-Ra ⓘ
linked to:
Sobek
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCult | sacred crocodiles ⓘ |
| hasHeadOf | crocodile ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Horus
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of the Dead
ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ |
| parentsInSomeTraditions |
Khnum
ⓘ
Neith ⓘ Set ⓘ |
| role |
patron of soldiers
ⓘ
protector against dangers of the Nile ⓘ protector of the pharaoh ⓘ |
| sacredAnimal | crocodile ⓘ |
| spouseInSomeTraditions |
Hathor
ⓘ
Heqet ⓘ Renenutet ⓘ |
| symbol |
ankh
ⓘ
crocodile ⓘ was scepter ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Period ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic Kingdom
|
| wears |
atef crown
ⓘ
solar disk ⓘ uraeus ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Crocodilopolis
ⓘ
Faiyum ⓘ
linked to:
Faiyum Oasis
Kom Ombo ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
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: Sobek Description of subject: Sobek is an ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god associated with the Nile, military power, and protection.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sobek
subject linked to:
Kom Ombo
subject linked to:
Kom Ombo
subject linked to:
Kom Ombo
subject linked to:
mortuary temple of Amenhotep III
linked to: Sobek
linked to: Sobek
linked to: Sobek
linked to: Sobek
linked to: Sobek
linked to: Sobek