Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources)
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Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) is the Assyrian name for the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, a powerful Late Bronze Age state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8266015 — 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: Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) Context triple: [Mitanni, alternateName, Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources)]
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A.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
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B.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
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C.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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D.
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi was a prominent Babylonian nobleman of the 6th century BCE, best known as the father of the Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus.
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E.
Borsippa
Borsippa was an important ancient Mesopotamian city near Babylon, known especially for its prominent temple and ziggurat dedicated to the god Nabu.
- 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: Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) Target entity description: Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) is the Assyrian name for the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, a powerful Late Bronze Age state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.
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A.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
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B.
Esagila
Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
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C.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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D.
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi was a prominent Babylonian nobleman of the 6th century BCE, best known as the father of the Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus.
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E.
Borsippa
Borsippa was an important ancient Mesopotamian city near Babylon, known especially for its prominent temple and ziggurat dedicated to the god Nabu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyrian provincial territory
ⓘ
exonym ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ḫani-Rabbat
ⓘ
Ḫanigalbat ⓘ
linked to:
Hanigalbat
|
| approximateEndCenturyBC | 13th century BC ⓘ |
| approximateStartCenturyBC | 15th century BC ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCorrelation |
Upper Khabur River region
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Khabur basin
|
| associatedEthnicity |
Hurrians
ⓘ
linked to:
Hurrian
|
| associatedLanguage |
Hurrian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hurrian
|
| borderedBy |
Assyria
ⓘ
Egyptian sphere in Syria ⓘ Hatti ⓘ |
| capitalUnderMitanni | Washukanni ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Assyria ⓘ |
| conquestApproxDate | late 14th–13th century BC ⓘ |
| culture | Hurrian ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | monarchy (under Mitanni) ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | Assyrian designation for former Mitanni realm ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mesopotamian culture
ⓘ
Syrian-Levantine culture ⓘ |
| knownFrom | cuneiform texts ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Akkadian ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
northern Mesopotamia
ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| majorDeity |
Hepat
ⓘ
Teshub ⓘ
linked to:
Tarḫunna
|
| mentionedByRuler |
Adad-nirari I
ⓘ
Shalmaneser I ⓘ Tukulti-Ninurta I ⓘ |
| nameUsedBy | Assyria ⓘ |
| overlordState |
Middle Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| partOf |
Near East
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle East
|
| politicalCenterRegion |
Upper Euphrates and Khabur valleys
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphrates region
|
| politicalStatus |
Assyrian province (later)
ⓘ
vassal kingdom (initially) ⓘ |
| predecessorState |
kingdom of Mitanni
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Mitanni
|
| refersTo |
Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Mitanni
Mitanni ⓘ |
| religion | Hurrian religion ⓘ |
| subdividedInto | Assyrian provinces ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit | Assyrian provinces of the Upper Khabur ⓘ |
| usedInSourceType |
Assyrian administrative texts
ⓘ
Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ |
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: Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) Description of subject: Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) is the Assyrian name for the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, a powerful Late Bronze Age state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.