Parian marble
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Parian marble is a highly prized, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Paros, renowned in antiquity for its use in classical sculpture and architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parian marble canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2043097 — 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: Parian marble Context triple: [Winged Victory of Samothrace, materialUsed, Parian marble]
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A.
Pentelic marble
Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
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B.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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C.
Alabaster
Alabaster is a suburban city in central Alabama, known as part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and one of the state's larger, rapidly growing communities.
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D.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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Tuckahoe marble
Tuckahoe marble is a high-quality white to gray dolomitic marble historically quarried in Westchester County, New York, widely used in prominent 19th-century American buildings and monuments.
- 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: Parian marble Target entity description: Parian marble is a highly prized, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Paros, renowned in antiquity for its use in classical sculpture and architecture.
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A.
Pentelic marble
Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.
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B.
Carrara marble
Carrara marble is a high-quality, white or blue-grey marble from Carrara, Italy, renowned for its use in classical sculpture and Renaissance masterpieces.
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C.
Alabaster
Alabaster is a suburban city in central Alabama, known as part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and one of the state's larger, rapidly growing communities.
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D.
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
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E.
Tuckahoe marble
Tuckahoe marble is a high-quality white to gray dolomitic marble historically quarried in Westchester County, New York, widely used in prominent 19th-century American buildings and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building material
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marble ⓘ metamorphic rock ⓘ sculptural stone ⓘ |
| color |
translucent white
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white ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Naxian marble
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Pentelic marble ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
associated with high-status commissions
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prestige material for major sanctuaries ⓘ |
| exportedFrom | Paros ⓘ |
| geologicalComposition | calcite ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
fine-grained
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high translucency ⓘ homogeneous texture ⓘ soft lustre ⓘ suitable for detailed carving ⓘ workability ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Lakkoi quarries
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Marathi quarries ⓘ quarries of Paros ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
considered among the finest Greek marbles
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highly prized in antiquity ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Aegean Sea
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Cyclades ⓘ |
| notableWorkMaterialFor |
statue of Hermes of Praxiteles
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surface form:
Hermes of Praxiteles (attributed)
Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ
surface form:
Nike of Samothrace
Venus de Milo ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Paros ⓘ |
| tradedIn |
Aegean world
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Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
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| usedBy |
Greek sculptors
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Roman sculptors ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Greek sculpture
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Roman sculpture ⓘ architectural elements ⓘ architecture ⓘ classical sculpture ⓘ cult statues ⓘ grave monuments ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ reliefs ⓘ sculpture ⓘ statues ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Athenian sculpture
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Cycladic culture ⓘ
surface form:
Cycladic sculpture
Roman copies of Greek originals ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
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Subject: Parian marble Description of subject: Parian marble is a highly prized, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Paros, renowned in antiquity for its use in classical sculpture and architecture.
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