Theban nome
E432527
The Theban nome was an ancient administrative district of Upper Egypt centered on the powerful religious and political city of Thebes (Waset).
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Egyptian provincial administration | 1 |
| Eleventh Nome of Upper Egypt | 1 |
| First Nome of Upper Egypt | 1 |
| First Upper Egyptian nome | 1 |
| Theban nome canonical | 1 |
| Twelfth Nome of Upper Egypt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4364664 — 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: Theban nome Context triple: [Waset, region, Theban nome]
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A.
Deshret
Deshret is the ancient Egyptian Red Crown symbolizing the pharaonic authority and land of Lower Egypt.
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B.
Herakleopolis Magna
Herakleopolis Magna was an ancient Egyptian city in Middle Egypt that served as a major political and religious center, particularly prominent as the seat of a ruling dynasty during periods of fragmentation.
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C.
Heryshef
Heryshef is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with creation, fertility, and the underworld, particularly venerated at Heracleopolis Magna.
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D.
Harkhuf
Harkhuf was an important Old Kingdom Egyptian official and explorer known for his expeditions to Nubia during the Sixth Dynasty.
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E.
Mahas Nubian
Mahas Nubian is a variety of the Nobiin language traditionally spoken by Nubian communities along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
- 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: Theban nome Target entity description: The Theban nome was an ancient administrative district of Upper Egypt centered on the powerful religious and political city of Thebes (Waset).
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A.
Deshret
Deshret is the ancient Egyptian Red Crown symbolizing the pharaonic authority and land of Lower Egypt.
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B.
Herakleopolis Magna
Herakleopolis Magna was an ancient Egyptian city in Middle Egypt that served as a major political and religious center, particularly prominent as the seat of a ruling dynasty during periods of fragmentation.
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C.
Heryshef
Heryshef is an ancient Egyptian ram-headed god associated with creation, fertility, and the underworld, particularly venerated at Heracleopolis Magna.
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D.
Harkhuf
Harkhuf was an important Old Kingdom Egyptian official and explorer known for his expeditions to Nubia during the Sixth Dynasty.
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E.
Mahas Nubian
Mahas Nubian is a variety of the Nobiin language traditionally spoken by Nubian communities along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian nome ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Ahmose I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Akhenaten NERFINISHED ⓘ Amenhotep III NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ Mentuhotep II NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ Thutmose III NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutankhamun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredOn |
Thebes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNecropolis |
Deir el-Bahri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deir el-Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ Theban Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of the Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| flourishedDuring |
11th Dynasty
ⓘ
18th Dynasty ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Thebes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEgyptianName | Waset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Karnak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luxor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorTempleComplex |
Karnak Temple Complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luxor Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberInOtherSources | 5th nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| hasNumberInSomeSources | 4th nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryDeity |
Amun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khonsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administrative center of Upper Egypt
ⓘ
religious center of Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| hasScript | hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| knownInGreekAs | Diospolis Magna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBank |
east bank of the Nile
ⓘ
west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| modernSiteIncludes |
modern city of Luxor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern city of Qena Governorate region ⓘ |
| partOf | pharaonic administrative system ⓘ |
| politicalCenterDuring |
Middle Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCenterOf | cult of Amun ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
2nd millennium BCE
ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
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: Theban nome Description of subject: The Theban nome was an ancient administrative district of Upper Egypt centered on the powerful religious and political city of Thebes (Waset).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Theban nome
linked to: Theban nome