Mastaba of Ti
E141491
The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mastaba of Ti canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T960895 — 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: Mastaba of Ti Context triple: [Saqqara necropolis, hasMajorMonument, Mastaba of Ti]
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Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian royal pyramid at Saqqara, renowned as the earliest monument inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells.
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B.
Pyramid of Teti
The Pyramid of Teti is the ruined Old Kingdom pyramid complex of Pharaoh Teti, first king of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, located in the Saqqara necropolis and notable for its early Pyramid Texts.
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C.
Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi
The Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi is an Old Kingdom royal pyramid complex built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, notable for its ruined stepped appearance and associated mortuary temple.
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D.
Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
The Pyramid of Sekhemkhet is an unfinished Third Dynasty step pyramid complex in Saqqara, Egypt, attributed to the pharaoh Sekhemkhet and notable for its buried structure and early Old Kingdom architecture.
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E.
Pyramid of Userkaf
The Pyramid of Userkaf is an Old Kingdom royal pyramid complex in Saqqara built for Pharaoh Userkaf, founder of Egypt’s Fifth 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: Mastaba of Ti Target entity description: The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
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A.
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian royal pyramid at Saqqara, renowned as the earliest monument inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells.
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B.
Pyramid of Teti
The Pyramid of Teti is the ruined Old Kingdom pyramid complex of Pharaoh Teti, first king of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, located in the Saqqara necropolis and notable for its early Pyramid Texts.
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C.
Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi
The Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi is an Old Kingdom royal pyramid complex built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, notable for its ruined stepped appearance and associated mortuary temple.
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D.
Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
The Pyramid of Sekhemkhet is an unfinished Third Dynasty step pyramid complex in Saqqara, Egypt, attributed to the pharaoh Sekhemkhet and notable for its buried structure and early Old Kingdom architecture.
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E.
Pyramid of Userkaf
The Pyramid of Userkaf is an Old Kingdom royal pyramid complex in Saqqara built for Pharaoh Userkaf, founder of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
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archaeological site ⓘ mastaba tomb ⓘ |
| approximateDate | circa 2400 BCE ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Old Kingdom mastaba ⓘ |
| builtFor | Ti ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
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surface form:
Ancient Egypt
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| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| depicts |
agricultural activities
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banquet scenes ⓘ boat building ⓘ cattle herding ⓘ craft production ⓘ fishing scenes ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ offering bearers ⓘ papyrus marsh scenes ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| dynasty | Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalSignificance |
important example of private tomb decoration in Old Kingdom
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key source for Old Kingdom daily life iconography ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
painted reliefs
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reliefs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
false door
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inscriptions ⓘ statue niches ⓘ |
| hasPart |
burial shaft
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chapel ⓘ offering room ⓘ serdab ⓘ |
| heritageContext | funerary complex of Memphis region ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis necropolis
ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form:
Saqqara
|
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed scenes of daily life
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high-quality Old Kingdom art ⓘ well-preserved reliefs ⓘ |
| occupant | Ti ⓘ |
| occupantTitle |
high official of the Fifth Dynasty
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overseer of the pyramids ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Saqqara necropolis ⓘ |
| period | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Egyptian funerary cult ⓘ |
| scriptOfInscriptions | hieroglyphs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mastaba of Ti Description of subject: The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
Referenced by (1)
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