Sabratha
E16395
Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sabratha canonical | 6 |
| Sabratha District | 1 |
| Sabratha ruins | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74782 — 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: Sabratha Context triple: [Libya, hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Sabratha]
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A.
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
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B.
Cyrene
Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
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C.
Tripoli
Tripoli is a historic Mediterranean port city that serves as the capital and largest urban center of Libya.
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D.
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica is a historic coastal region in eastern Libya, centered around the ancient Greek city of Cyrene and long significant as a cultural and political area in North Africa.
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E.
Algiers
Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria, a major political, economic, and cultural center on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
- 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: Sabratha Target entity description: Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
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A.
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
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B.
Cyrene
Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
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C.
Tripoli
Tripoli is a historic Mediterranean port city that serves as the capital and largest urban center of Libya.
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D.
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica is a historic coastal region in eastern Libya, centered around the ancient Greek city of Cyrene and long significant as a cultural and political area in North Africa.
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E.
Algiers
Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria, a major political, economic, and cultural center on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Phoenician-Punic architecture
ⓘ
Roman classical architecture ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| culture |
Phoenician
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Punic ⓘ Roman ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Phoenician civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenicians
|
| governedBy |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalExcavation | 20th century excavations ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sabratha Roman theater
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basilicas ⓘ baths ⓘ forum ⓘ harbor remains ⓘ mosaics ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classical ruins
ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ well-preserved Roman theater ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Libya
ⓘ
Sabratha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sabratha District
Tripolitania ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northwestern Libya ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tripoli ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Africa Proconsularis
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Carthaginian sphere of influence ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician trading network
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| periodOfGreatestProsperity |
2nd century CE
ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ |
| religionHistorical |
Christianity
ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
armed conflict
ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ looting ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 184 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Sabratha Description of subject: Sabratha is an ancient Phoenician and Roman city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast, renowned for its well-preserved classical ruins and monumental theater.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sabratha District
this entity surface form:
Sabratha ruins