Sogdian Rock
E1141518
UNEXPLORED
Sogdian Rock was a famously impregnable mountain fortress in ancient Sogdiana, best known for being dramatically captured by Alexander the Great during his Central Asian campaigns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sogdian Rock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15181964 — 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: Sogdian Rock Context triple: [Central Asian campaign, hasLocation, Sogdian Rock]
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A.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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B.
Bisotun
Bisotun is an archaeological site in western Iran renowned for its monumental rock reliefs and inscriptions from the Achaemenid period, most notably the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great.
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C.
Tmutarakan stone inscription
The Tmutarakan stone inscription is an 11th-century Rus' epigraphic monument recording a prince’s measurement of the distance across the Kerch Strait, providing rare historical evidence of the medieval principality of Tmutarakan.
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D.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
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E.
Balaam inscription
The Balaam inscription is an ancient Aramaic text discovered at Deir Alla in Jordan that recounts visions of the seer Balaam, offering important evidence for Northwest Semitic language and religion in the Iron Age.
- 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: Sogdian Rock Target entity description: Sogdian Rock was a famously impregnable mountain fortress in ancient Sogdiana, best known for being dramatically captured by Alexander the Great during his Central Asian campaigns.
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A.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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B.
Bisotun
Bisotun is an archaeological site in western Iran renowned for its monumental rock reliefs and inscriptions from the Achaemenid period, most notably the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great.
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C.
Tmutarakan stone inscription
The Tmutarakan stone inscription is an 11th-century Rus' epigraphic monument recording a prince’s measurement of the distance across the Kerch Strait, providing rare historical evidence of the medieval principality of Tmutarakan.
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D.
Meleke stone
Meleke stone is a fine, light-colored limestone historically prized as a primary building material in Jerusalem and other parts of the Levant.
-
E.
Balaam inscription
The Balaam inscription is an ancient Aramaic text discovered at Deir Alla in Jordan that recounts visions of the seer Balaam, offering important evidence for Northwest Semitic language and religion in the Iron Age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.