Tashrītu
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Tashrītu is a month in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar, roughly corresponding to September–October in the modern Gregorian calendar.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3787565 — 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: Tashrītu Context triple: [Tashritu, hasAlternativeTransliteration, Tashrītu]
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A.
Taslḥit
Taslḥit is a variety of the Amazigh (Berber) language spoken primarily in southwestern Morocco.
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B.
Tashauz
Tashauz is the former name of Dashoguz, a major city in northern Turkmenistan near the Uzbek border.
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C.
Multazam
Multazam is the small sacred area between the Black Stone and the door of the Kaaba where pilgrims supplicate, believing prayers there are especially accepted.
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D.
Tabiriyya
Tabiriyya is a sub-school within the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam, representing a distinct theological and legal tradition in that sect.
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E.
Shalateen
Shalateen is a remote Egyptian town near the Sudanese border, known for its Bedouin communities, camel markets, and strategic location along the Red Sea coast.
- 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: Tashrītu Target entity description: Tashrītu is a month in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar, roughly corresponding to September–October in the modern Gregorian calendar.
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A.
Taslḥit
Taslḥit is a variety of the Amazigh (Berber) language spoken primarily in southwestern Morocco.
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B.
Tashauz
Tashauz is the former name of Dashoguz, a major city in northern Turkmenistan near the Uzbek border.
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C.
Multazam
Multazam is the small sacred area between the Black Stone and the door of the Kaaba where pilgrims supplicate, believing prayers there are especially accepted.
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D.
Tabiriyya
Tabiriyya is a sub-school within the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam, representing a distinct theological and legal tradition in that sect.
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E.
Shalateen
Shalateen is a remote Egyptian town near the Sudanese border, known for its Bedouin communities, camel markets, and strategic location along the Red Sea coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian month
ⓘ
month ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Babylon ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Marduk ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
New Year festivals in some Mesopotamian traditions
ⓘ
beginning of the agricultural year ⓘ harvest season ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| category | Ancient Near Eastern time-reckoning ⓘ |
| correspondsInHebrewCalendar | Tishrei ⓘ |
| correspondsRoughlyTo |
October
ⓘ
September ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Akkadian verb šurrû (to begin) ⓘ |
| followedBy | Araḫsamna ⓘ |
| languageForm | Akkadian ⓘ |
| meaning |
beginning
ⓘ
inauguration ⓘ |
| partOf | Mesopotamian lunisolar year ⓘ |
| positionInYear | seventh month ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ulūlu ⓘ |
| season | autumn ⓘ |
| timeFrame | second half of the 1st millennium BCE and earlier ⓘ |
| usedByCulture |
Assyrians
ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ other Mesopotamian peoples ⓘ |
| usedInCalendar |
Assyrian calendar
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Babylonian calendar ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian calendar ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | cuneiform ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tashrītu Description of subject: Tashrītu is a month in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar, roughly corresponding to September–October in the modern Gregorian calendar.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Akkadian month Tashritu
linked to: Tashrītu