Haabʼ
E160346
Haabʼ is the 365-day solar calendar used by the ancient Maya civilization to track the agricultural year and civil events.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haabʼ canonical | 4 |
| Haabʼ calendar | 4 |
| Haab' | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1350757 — 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: Haabʼ Context triple: [Long Count calendar, relatedCalendar, Haabʼ]
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A.
Tzolkʼin calendar
The Tzolkʼin calendar is a 260-day sacred ritual calendar of the ancient Maya used for divination, ceremonial events, and structuring religious life.
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B.
Qʼanjobʼal
Qʼanjobʼal is an indigenous Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala.
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C.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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D.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
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E.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
- 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: Haabʼ Target entity description: Haabʼ is the 365-day solar calendar used by the ancient Maya civilization to track the agricultural year and civil events.
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A.
Tzolkʼin calendar
The Tzolkʼin calendar is a 260-day sacred ritual calendar of the ancient Maya used for divination, ceremonial events, and structuring religious life.
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B.
Qʼanjobʼal
Qʼanjobʼal is an indigenous Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala.
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C.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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D.
Itza Maya
The Itza Maya were a powerful Late Postclassic Maya group centered at Nojpetén in present-day Guatemala, known as one of the last independent Maya polities to resist Spanish conquest until the late 17th century.
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E.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya calendar
ⓘ
civil calendar ⓘ solar calendar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maya agriculture
ⓘ
Maya civil administration ⓘ |
| calendarFamily | Mesoamerican calendars ⓘ |
| calendarType | vague year ⓘ |
| combinedWith |
Tzolkʼin calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Tzolkʼin
|
| culturalContext |
Maya astronomy
ⓘ
Maya religion ⓘ |
| formsWith | Calendar Round ⓘ |
| hasBase | tropical year ⓘ |
| hasCalendarRoundCycleLength |
18980 days
ⓘ
52 Haabʼ years ⓘ |
| hasComponent | Wayebʼ ⓘ |
| hasDayCountPerMonth | 20 ⓘ |
| hasDayDesignation | day number plus month name ⓘ |
| hasDayNumbering | 0–19 per month ⓘ |
| hasEra | preclassic to postclassic Maya periods ⓘ |
| hasFirstDayNumber | 0 ⓘ |
| hasLastDayNumber | 19 ⓘ |
| hasMonthCount | 18 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDays | 365 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days ⓘ |
| hasUnluckyDaysCount | 5 ⓘ |
| hasUnluckyPeriodName | Wayebʼ ⓘ |
| isLunar | false ⓘ |
| isSolar | true ⓘ |
| preColumbianUsage | true ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Long Count calendar ⓘ |
| timeReckoningSystem | Maya timekeeping ⓘ |
| usedBy | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil events
ⓘ
civil record keeping ⓘ regulating planting and harvest ⓘ scheduling festivals ⓘ tracking agricultural year ⓘ |
| usedIn | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Haabʼ Description of subject: Haabʼ is the 365-day solar calendar used by the ancient Maya civilization to track the agricultural year and civil events.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Haabʼ calendar
this entity surface form:
Haabʼ calendar
this entity surface form:
Haabʼ calendar
this entity surface form:
Haab'
this entity surface form:
Haab'
this entity surface form:
Haabʼ calendar
subject surface form:
Maya civilization