Sewadjkare XVII
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Sewadjkare XVII was a relatively obscure and short-reigning pharaoh who ruled during Egypt’s politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sewadjkare XVII canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10326836 — 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: Sewadjkare XVII Context triple: [13th Dynasty of Egypt, hasPharaoh, Sewadjkare XVII]
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A.
Sewadjkare Hori
Sewadjkare Hori was a relatively obscure pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty who ruled during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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B.
Mentuhotep VI
Mentuhotep VI was a little-known pharaoh who ruled during Egypt’s 13th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, a time marked by political fragmentation and frequent changes of rulers.
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C.
Mehtenweskhet II
Mehtenweskhet II was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 26th Dynasty, best known as the consort of Psamtik II and the mother of Pharaoh Necho II.
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D.
Sewadjkare X
Sewadjkare X was a little-known, likely short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.
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E.
Mentuhotep V
Mentuhotep V was a little-known pharaoh who likely ruled during Egypt’s fragmented Second Intermediate Period, traditionally associated with the later 13th Dynasty.
- 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: Sewadjkare XVII Target entity description: Sewadjkare XVII was a relatively obscure and short-reigning pharaoh who ruled during Egypt’s politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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A.
Sewadjkare Hori
Sewadjkare Hori was a relatively obscure pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty who ruled during the politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
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B.
Mentuhotep VI
Mentuhotep VI was a little-known pharaoh who ruled during Egypt’s 13th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, a time marked by political fragmentation and frequent changes of rulers.
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C.
Mehtenweskhet II
Mehtenweskhet II was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 26th Dynasty, best known as the consort of Psamtik II and the mother of Pharaoh Necho II.
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D.
Sewadjkare X
Sewadjkare X was a little-known, likely short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt’s 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period.
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E.
Mentuhotep V
Mentuhotep V was a little-known pharaoh who likely ruled during Egypt’s fragmented Second Intermediate Period, traditionally associated with the later 13th Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| attestedBy |
later king lists
ⓘ
scarab seals ⓘ |
| capitalLikely | Thebes ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | approximate dating only ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| culture |
Ancient Egyptian civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| dynasty | Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| era | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| geographicalRegionRuled | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| givenName | Sewadjkare ⓘ |
| governmentForm | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalCertainty | poorly documented ⓘ |
| historicalNotability | obscure ruler ⓘ |
| knownFrom | limited archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| periodCharacterization | Second Intermediate Period instability ⓘ |
| politicalContext | period of political fragmentation in Egypt ⓘ |
| positionHeld | pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| praenomen | Sewadjkare ⓘ |
| predecessorDynastyContext | late Second Intermediate Period rulers ⓘ |
| regnalNumber | XVII ⓘ |
| reignLength | short reign ⓘ |
| reignPeriod | Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Theban royal line ⓘ |
| royalTitle | King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| successionType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| successorDynastyContext | predecessor of the early New Kingdom pharaohs ⓘ |
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: Sewadjkare XVII Description of subject: Sewadjkare XVII was a relatively obscure and short-reigning pharaoh who ruled during Egypt’s politically fragmented Second Intermediate Period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.