E-shumesha in Nippur
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E-shumesha in Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian temple complex dedicated to the god Ninurta in the city of Nippur.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| E-shumesha in Nippur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9779161 — 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: E-shumesha in Nippur Context triple: [Ninurta, temple, E-shumesha in Nippur]
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A.
Instructions of Shuruppak
The Instructions of Shuruppak is an early Sumerian wisdom text consisting of father-to-son advice on proper conduct, often regarded as one of the oldest known works of literature.
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B.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is an ancient Sumerian epic poem that recounts the legendary rivalry and diplomatic contest between King Enmerkar of Uruk and the distant, wealthy city of Aratta.
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C.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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D.
Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave
"Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave" is an ancient Sumerian epic poem that recounts the trials, divine encounters, and transformation of the hero Lugalbanda during a perilous journey through the mountains.
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E.
Lord of Ur
Lord of Ur is an epithet of the Mesopotamian moon god Nanna (also known as Sin), highlighting his role as the chief deity and divine patron of the ancient city of Ur.
- 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: E-shumesha in Nippur Target entity description: E-shumesha in Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian temple complex dedicated to the god Ninurta in the city of Nippur.
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A.
Instructions of Shuruppak
The Instructions of Shuruppak is an early Sumerian wisdom text consisting of father-to-son advice on proper conduct, often regarded as one of the oldest known works of literature.
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B.
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is an ancient Sumerian epic poem that recounts the legendary rivalry and diplomatic contest between King Enmerkar of Uruk and the distant, wealthy city of Aratta.
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C.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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D.
Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave
"Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave" is an ancient Sumerian epic poem that recounts the trials, divine encounters, and transformation of the hero Lugalbanda during a perilous journey through the mountains.
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E.
Lord of Ur
Lord of Ur is an epithet of the Mesopotamian moon god Nanna (also known as Sin), highlighting his role as the chief deity and divine patron of the ancient city of Ur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian temple
ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Nippur ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Ninurta ⓘ |
| hasDeity | Ninurta ⓘ |
| hasFunction | cult center of Ninurta ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscriptions |
Akkadian
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Sumerian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nippur
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ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ninurta (as “the one who hears prayer”)
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linked to:
Ninurta
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| partOfReligion | ancient Mesopotamian cult of Ninurta ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
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: E-shumesha in Nippur Description of subject: E-shumesha in Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian temple complex dedicated to the god Ninurta in the city of Nippur.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.