Dream Stele of Thutmose IV

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ancient Egyptian stele inscribed stone slab royal monument

The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV canonical	2
Dream Stela of Thutmose IV	1
Dream Stele at the Great Sphinx	1
Dream Stele between the paws of the Great Sphinx	1
Sphinx Dream Stele	1
Sphinx Stele	1
Sphinx Stele of Thutmose IV	1
Stela of Thutmose IV	1
stelae of Thutmose IV	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373945 — 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: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
Context triple: [Great Sphinx of Giza, inscriptionNearby, Dream Stele of Thutmose IV]

A. Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
B. Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
C. Great Temple of Ptah
The Great Temple of Ptah was the principal sanctuary in ancient Memphis, Egypt, dedicated to the creator god Ptah and serving as a major religious and cultural center of the city.
D. Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
E. Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
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: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
Target entity description: The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.

A. Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
B. Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
C. Great Temple of Ptah
The Great Temple of Ptah was the principal sanctuary in ancient Memphis, Egypt, dedicated to the creator god Ptah and serving as a major religious and cultural center of the city.
D. Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
E. Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian stele ⓘ inscribed stone slab ⓘ royal monument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dream Stela of Thutmose IV ⓘ linked to: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Sphinx Dream Stele ⓘ linked to: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Sphinx Stele of Thutmose IV ⓘ linked to: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
associatedWith	Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ Thutmose IV ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Harmachis (Horus-in-the-Horizon) ⓘ linked to: Horus Ra-Horakhty ⓘ
chronologicalContext	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
conditionOfPromise	clearing sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
currentCondition	partially eroded inscription ⓘ
dateApproximate	circa 1400 BCE ⓘ
dedicatedBy	Thutmose IV ⓘ
depictsEvent	dream of Thutmose IV at the Great Sphinx ⓘ
describesAction	clearing sand from around the Sphinx ⓘ restoration of the Great Sphinx ⓘ
discoveredIn	antiquity (known since ancient times) ⓘ
features	image of Thutmose IV making offerings ⓘ image of the Great Sphinx ⓘ lunette scene at the top ⓘ
function	commemorative inscription ⓘ religious dedication to the sun god ⓘ royal propaganda monument ⓘ
height	about 3.6 meters ⓘ
inscriptionMedium	carved relief and hieroglyphic text ⓘ
inscriptionType	historical narrative ⓘ royal titulary ⓘ
locatedAt	between the paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
locatedIn	Giza Plateau ⓘ linked to: Giza
locatedInCountry	Egypt ⓘ
material	red granite ⓘ
promises	kingship to Thutmose IV ⓘ
recordsPromiseFrom	sun god Ra-Horakhty ⓘ linked to: Ra-Horakhty the sun god ⓘ
reignOf	Thutmose IV ⓘ
religiousContext	solar cult of Ra-Horakhty ⓘ worship of the Great Sphinx ⓘ
significance	example of New Kingdom royal ideology ⓘ important evidence for the cult of the Sphinx ⓘ key source for the reign of Thutmose IV ⓘ
studiedBy	Egyptologists ⓘ
theme	divine legitimization of kingship ⓘ maintenance of sacred monuments ⓘ royal piety ⓘ
width	about 1.4 meters ⓘ
writtenInLanguage	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
writtenInScript	hieroglyphs ⓘ

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