fortress of Teishebaini
E200034
The fortress of Teishebaini was a major Urartian stronghold and administrative center near modern Yerevan, Armenia, notable for its well-preserved remains that illuminate the military and urban organization of the Kingdom of Urartu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| fortress of Rusahinili | 1 |
| fortress of Teishebaini canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1782900 — 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: fortress of Teishebaini Context triple: [Kingdom of Urartu, constructed, fortress of Teishebaini]
-
A.
Narikala Fortress
Narikala Fortress is an ancient hilltop fortification overlooking Tbilisi, Georgia, known as one of the city’s most iconic historical landmarks.
-
B.
Khertvisi Fortress
Khertvisi Fortress is a historic medieval stronghold in southern Georgia, renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most strategically important fortresses.
-
C.
Tmogvi Fortress
Tmogvi Fortress is a medieval Georgian stronghold dramatically perched above the Mtkvari River gorge in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region.
-
D.
Gori Fortress
Gori Fortress is a historic medieval stronghold overlooking the city of Gori in central Georgia, known for its strategic hilltop location and long military history.
-
E.
Gonio Fortress
Gonio Fortress is an ancient Roman-Byzantine coastal stronghold near Batumi in Georgia’s Adjara region, renowned for its well-preserved walls and archaeological significance.
- 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: fortress of Teishebaini Target entity description: The fortress of Teishebaini was a major Urartian stronghold and administrative center near modern Yerevan, Armenia, notable for its well-preserved remains that illuminate the military and urban organization of the Kingdom of Urartu.
-
A.
Narikala Fortress
Narikala Fortress is an ancient hilltop fortification overlooking Tbilisi, Georgia, known as one of the city’s most iconic historical landmarks.
-
B.
Khertvisi Fortress
Khertvisi Fortress is a historic medieval stronghold in southern Georgia, renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most strategically important fortresses.
-
C.
Tmogvi Fortress
Tmogvi Fortress is a medieval Georgian stronghold dramatically perched above the Mtkvari River gorge in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region.
-
D.
Gori Fortress
Gori Fortress is a historic medieval stronghold overlooking the city of Gori in central Georgia, known for its strategic hilltop location and long military history.
-
E.
Gonio Fortress
Gonio Fortress is an ancient Roman-Byzantine coastal stronghold near Batumi in Georgia’s Adjara region, renowned for its well-preserved walls and archaeological significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Urartian fortress
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| builtBy | Urartian kings ⓘ |
| country | Armenia ⓘ |
| culture | Urartian ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Teisheba ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | invasion from the north ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | late 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Soviet archaeologists ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Boris Piotrovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationBegan | 1939 ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center
ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ urban center ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administrative buildings
ⓘ
citadel ⓘ fortification walls ⓘ gates ⓘ granaries ⓘ lower town ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ towers ⓘ wine cellars ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important archaeological heritage site of Armenia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
evidence of Urartian agricultural economy
ⓘ
evidence of Urartian military organization ⓘ evidence of organized urban planning ⓘ inscribed artifacts ⓘ large storage jars ⓘ well-preserved architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ararat plain
ⓘ
near modern Yerevan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Karmir Blur hill ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
mudbrick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Teisheba ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ |
| presentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| significance |
illuminates military organization of the Kingdom of Urartu
ⓘ
illuminates urban organization of the Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration of surrounding territories
ⓘ
craft production ⓘ defense of Urartian northern frontier ⓘ storage of agricultural produce ⓘ |
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: fortress of Teishebaini Description of subject: The fortress of Teishebaini was a major Urartian stronghold and administrative center near modern Yerevan, Armenia, notable for its well-preserved remains that illuminate the military and urban organization of the Kingdom of Urartu.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
fortress of Rusahinili