Maatkare
E461477
Maatkare was the throne name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, one of the most powerful and prominent female rulers of the New Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maatkare canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681755 — 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: Maatkare Context triple: [Hatshepsut, praenomen, Maatkare]
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A.
Maat
Maat is the ancient Egyptian goddess and personification of truth, justice, balance, and cosmic order, central to both mythology and pharaonic law.
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B.
Rekhetre
Rekhetre was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th Dynasty, known primarily as one of the wives of Pharaoh Menkaure.
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C.
Shebitku
Shebitku was a Kushite king of the 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known for consolidating Nubian rule over Egypt and engaging in conflicts with the expanding Assyrian Empire.
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D.
Sopdet
Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the star Sirius, associated with the Nile’s annual flooding and the Egyptian New Year.
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E.
Tetepare
Tetepare is a large, rugged, and largely uninhabited island in the Solomon Islands renowned for its rich biodiversity and successful community-led conservation efforts.
- 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: Maatkare Target entity description: Maatkare was the throne name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, one of the most powerful and prominent female rulers of the New Kingdom.
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A.
Maat
Maat is the ancient Egyptian goddess and personification of truth, justice, balance, and cosmic order, central to both mythology and pharaonic law.
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B.
Rekhetre
Rekhetre was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th Dynasty, known primarily as one of the wives of Pharaoh Menkaure.
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C.
Shebitku
Shebitku was a Kushite king of the 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known for consolidating Nubian rule over Egypt and engaging in conflicts with the expanding Assyrian Empire.
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D.
Sopdet
Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the star Sirius, associated with the Nile’s annual flooding and the Egyptian New Year.
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E.
Tetepare
Tetepare is a large, rugged, and largely uninhabited island in the Solomon Islands renowned for its rich biodiversity and successful community-led conservation efforts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
royal name
ⓘ
throne name ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
reliefs in Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple
ⓘ
royal scarabs of Hatshepsut ⓘ royal statues of Hatshepsut ⓘ royal stelae of Hatshepsut ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Maat
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonument |
Deir el-Bahri temple of Hatshepsut
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
Karnak temple inscriptions of Hatshepsut ⓘ
linked to:
Karnak Temple inscriptions
|
| category | Ancient Egyptian royal names ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Hatshepsut’s birth name “Hatshepsut” ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | female ⓘ |
| heldBy | Hatshepsut ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| meaning | “Maat is the ka of Ra” ⓘ |
| nameType | prenomen ⓘ |
| royalProtocol | enclosed in a cartouche ⓘ |
| royalTitularyElement | part of Hatshepsut’s fivefold titulary ⓘ |
| script | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
alignment with Maat (cosmic order and justice)
ⓘ
legitimacy of Hatshepsut’s kingship ⓘ solar association with Ra ⓘ |
| throneNameOf | Hatshepsut ⓘ |
| usedAs | official kingly name of Hatshepsut ⓘ |
| usedBy |
pharaoh Hatshepsut
ⓘ
linked to:
Hatshepsut
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| usedForTitle | king of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| usedInDynasty |
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
18th Dynasty of Egypt
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| usedInPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maatkare Description of subject: Maatkare was the throne name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, one of the most powerful and prominent female rulers of the New Kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.