tomb of Nebamun paintings

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Eighteenth Dynasty artwork Theban tomb paintings ancient Egyptian wall paintings

The tomb of Nebamun paintings are a celebrated group of vivid wall scenes from an 18th Dynasty Theban tomb, renowned for their lively depictions of banquets, hunting, and everyday life in ancient Egypt.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
A banquet for Nebamun	1
Theban tomb of Nebamun	1
Theban tomb-chapel of Nebamun	1
Tomb of Nebamun wall paintings	1
Tomb-chapel of Nebamun wall paintings	1
tomb of Nebamun paintings canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2365281 — 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.

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Target entity: tomb of Nebamun paintings
Context triple: [Ancient Egyptian art, hasCanonicalExample, tomb of Nebamun paintings]

A. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
B. Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette is an ancient Egyptian ceremonial stone palette dating to around 3100 BCE that depicts the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under King Narmer and is considered one of the earliest historical documents in the world.
C. Mastaba of Ti
The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
D. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
E. Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
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: tomb of Nebamun paintings
Target entity description: The tomb of Nebamun paintings are a celebrated group of vivid wall scenes from an 18th Dynasty Theban tomb, renowned for their lively depictions of banquets, hunting, and everyday life in ancient Egypt.

A. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
B. Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette is an ancient Egyptian ceremonial stone palette dating to around 3100 BCE that depicts the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under King Narmer and is considered one of the earliest historical documents in the world.
C. Mastaba of Ti
The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
D. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
E. Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eighteenth Dynasty artwork ⓘ Theban tomb paintings ⓘ ancient Egyptian wall paintings ⓘ
appliedOn	plastered mudbrick walls ⓘ
artisticFeature	detailed representation of flora and fauna ⓘ lively movement ⓘ vivid colors ⓘ
artMovement	New Kingdom Egyptian art ⓘ
associatedWith	Nebamun ⓘ Theban tomb of Nebamun ⓘ linked to: tomb of Nebamun paintings
collection	British Museum ⓘ
country	ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture	ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ
depicts	agricultural activities ⓘ banquet scenes ⓘ domestic animals ⓘ everyday life in ancient Egypt ⓘ fowling and fishing ⓘ hunting in the marshes ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ music and dancing ⓘ offerings to the dead ⓘ
discoveredIn	19th century ⓘ
dynasty	Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ linked to: 18th Dynasty of Egypt
function	commemoration of the deceased ⓘ provision of an ideal afterlife ⓘ
genre	funerary art ⓘ
hasPart	individual wall fragments from the tomb of Nebamun ⓘ
inception	14th century BCE ⓘ
language	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Thebes ⓘ
mainSubject	Nebamun ⓘ
materialUsed	paint ⓘ
notableWork	A banquet for Nebamun ⓘ linked to: tomb of Nebamun paintings Cattle, geese and offerings ⓘ Dancers and musicians ⓘ Nebamun hunting in the marshes ⓘ Surveying the fields ⓘ The Garden of the West ⓘ
originalLocation	Theban Necropolis ⓘ west bank of the Nile at Luxor ⓘ
partOf	British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan collection ⓘ linked to: Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum
period	New Kingdom ⓘ linked to: New Kingdom of Egypt
presentLocation	British Museum, London ⓘ linked to: British Museum
significance	important source for daily life in New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ masterpieces of ancient Egyptian painting ⓘ
style	Theban tomb painting style ⓘ
technique	fresco secco ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1350 BCE ⓘ
use	decoration of a tomb chapel ⓘ

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