Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III
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The Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III was a failed palace coup in ancient Egypt in which members of the royal household plotted to assassinate the pharaoh and alter the line of succession.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III canonical | 4 |
| royal harem of Ramesses III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8666478 — 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: Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III Context triple: [20th Dynasty of Egypt, hasEvent, Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III]
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A.
House of Shoshenq
The House of Shoshenq was the royal Libyan-origin dynasty that ruled Egypt during the early Third Intermediate Period, beginning with Shoshenq I and including pharaohs such as Osorkon I.
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B.
She of Nekheb
She of Nekheb is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian vulture goddess Nekhbet, the protective deity of Upper Egypt and royal patroness often depicted as a vulture spreading her wings over the pharaoh.
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C.
House of Ramesses
House of Ramesses is the alternative name for Pi-Ramesses, the grand royal capital city built by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Nile Delta during Egypt’s New Kingdom.
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D.
Satrapy of Egypt
The Satrapy of Egypt was a Persian-administered province of the Achaemenid Empire that governed Egypt through satraps before its later Hellenistic rule.
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E.
Contendings of Horus and Set
Contendings of Horus and Set is an ancient Egyptian mythological narrative that recounts the prolonged legal and physical struggle between the gods Horus and Set for the throne of Egypt following the death of Osiris.
- 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: Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III Target entity description: The Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III was a failed palace coup in ancient Egypt in which members of the royal household plotted to assassinate the pharaoh and alter the line of succession.
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A.
House of Shoshenq
The House of Shoshenq was the royal Libyan-origin dynasty that ruled Egypt during the early Third Intermediate Period, beginning with Shoshenq I and including pharaohs such as Osorkon I.
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B.
She of Nekheb
She of Nekheb is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian vulture goddess Nekhbet, the protective deity of Upper Egypt and royal patroness often depicted as a vulture spreading her wings over the pharaoh.
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C.
House of Ramesses
House of Ramesses is the alternative name for Pi-Ramesses, the grand royal capital city built by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the Nile Delta during Egypt’s New Kingdom.
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D.
Satrapy of Egypt
The Satrapy of Egypt was a Persian-administered province of the Achaemenid Empire that governed Egypt through satraps before its later Hellenistic rule.
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E.
Contendings of Horus and Set
Contendings of Horus and Set is an ancient Egyptian mythological narrative that recounts the prolonged legal and physical struggle between the gods Horus and Set for the throne of Egypt following the death of Osiris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination plot
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criminal trial ⓘ palace coup ⓘ political conspiracy ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
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| hasApproximateDate | reign of Ramesses III ⓘ |
| hasConspirator |
Mest
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Pabekkamen ⓘ
linked to:
Pebekkamen
Painebess ⓘ Panouk ⓘ Pebekkamen ⓘ Pentawer (prince of Egypt) ⓘ Tiye (secondary wife of Ramesses III) ⓘ
linked to:
Tiye (secondary wife)
|
| hasEvidence |
Judicial Papyrus of Turin
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Papyrus Lee ⓘ Papyrus Rifaud ⓘ Papyrus Rollin ⓘ ostraca from Deir el-Medina ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
alteration of the royal succession
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assassination of Ramesses III ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
documents legal procedures in the 20th Dynasty
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provides evidence of internal court politics in late New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ |
| hasIntendedSuccessor | Prince Pentawer ⓘ |
| hasJudge | special court of high officials ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Thebes
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court of Ramesses III ⓘ royal harem at Medinet Habu ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject | Ramesses III ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
execution of conspirators
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failure ⓘ forced suicides of conspirators ⓘ trial of conspirators ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator |
magicians
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members of the royal harem ⓘ royal officials ⓘ |
| hasPunishment |
execution by burning
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forced suicide ⓘ mutilation ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork | mummy CT scans of Ramesses III and Pentawer ⓘ |
| involves |
attempt to incite a revolt in the harem
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letters and messages smuggled into the harem ⓘ recruitment of palace guards ⓘ use of magic ⓘ |
| legalProceedingOf | Ramesses III ⓘ |
| relatedTo | succession of Ramesses IV ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Egyptologists ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th Dynasty of Egypt
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New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III Description of subject: The Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III was a failed palace coup in ancient Egypt in which members of the royal household plotted to assassinate the pharaoh and alter the line of succession.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III