Pessinus
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Pessinus was an ancient Phrygian city in central Anatolia, renowned as a major religious center dedicated to the worship of the goddess Cybele.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pessinus canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3109293 — 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: Pessinus Context triple: [Galatia, majorCity, Pessinus]
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A.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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B.
Pisidia
Pisidia was an ancient rugged inland region of southwestern Anatolia, known for its fiercely independent mountain communities and later incorporation into the Roman Empire.
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C.
Assos
Assos was an ancient Greek city in the Troad region of Asia Minor, known as a philosophical center where figures like Aristotle once lived and taught.
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D.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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E.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
- 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: Pessinus Target entity description: Pessinus was an ancient Phrygian city in central Anatolia, renowned as a major religious center dedicated to the worship of the goddess Cybele.
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A.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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B.
Pisidia
Pisidia was an ancient rugged inland region of southwestern Anatolia, known for its fiercely independent mountain communities and later incorporation into the Roman Empire.
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C.
Assos
Assos was an ancient Greek city in the Troad region of Asia Minor, known as a philosophical center where figures like Aristotle once lived and taught.
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D.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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E.
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | transfer of Cybele’s sacred stone to Rome ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 39.4°N 31.6°E ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Hellenistic culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic period
Phrygian culture ⓘ
linked to:
Phrygians
Roman culture ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| eventDate | 204 BCE ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| floruit |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavation | Belgian archaeological mission ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
colonnaded street
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ sanctuary complex ⓘ temple podium ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Temple of Cybele at Pessinus
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Cybele
|
| linkedTo | Magna Mater cult in Rome ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Phrygia
ⓘ
Sakarya River valley ⓘ
linked to:
Sakarya Plain
central Anatolia ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Eskişehir Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Sakarya River
ⓘ
modern Ballıhisar ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Cybele ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Cicero
ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernNameOfVicinity | Ballıhisar ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ |
| prosperedInPeriod |
1st century BCE
ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| religiousCentreFor |
Cybele
ⓘ
Magna Mater ⓘ
linked to:
Cybele
|
| religiousObject | black meteoric stone of Cybele ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | major center of Cybele worship in Phrygia ⓘ |
| underControlOf |
Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Pergamon
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ |
| worshipPracticed |
Cybele cult
ⓘ
galli priesthood rituals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pessinus Description of subject: Pessinus was an ancient Phrygian city in central Anatolia, renowned as a major religious center dedicated to the worship of the goddess Cybele.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.