Tell el-Muqayyar
E252009
Tell el-Muqayyar is the modern archaeological mound in southern Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell el-Muqayyar canonical | 3 |
| Tell al-Muqayyar | 1 |
| Tell el-Muqayir | 1 |
| Tell el-Muqayyar archaeological site | 1 |
| Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2101967 — 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: Tell el-Muqayyar Context triple: [Ur, modernSiteName, Tell el-Muqayyar]
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A.
Tell el-Farama
Tell el-Farama is the archaeological site of ancient Pelusium, a former Egyptian port city near the northeastern edge of the Nile Delta.
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B.
Musawwarat es-Sufra
Musawwarat es-Sufra is an ancient Nubian archaeological complex in modern Sudan, notable for its extensive temple structures and unique Great Enclosure associated with the Kingdom of Meroë.
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C.
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim is an important archaeological site in southern Egypt, known for its well-preserved remains spanning Pharaonic, Roman, Christian, and Islamic periods.
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D.
Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis was a major Predynastic and Early Dynastic urban and religious center in Upper Egypt, known as one of the earliest capitals and power bases of the emerging Egyptian state.
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E.
Behbeit el-Hagar
Behbeit el-Hagar is an ancient Egyptian archaeological site in the Nile Delta known for the remains of a major temple complex dedicated to the goddess Isis.
- 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: Tell el-Muqayyar Target entity description: Tell el-Muqayyar is the modern archaeological mound in southern Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia.
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A.
Tell el-Farama
Tell el-Farama is the archaeological site of ancient Pelusium, a former Egyptian port city near the northeastern edge of the Nile Delta.
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B.
Musawwarat es-Sufra
Musawwarat es-Sufra is an ancient Nubian archaeological complex in modern Sudan, notable for its extensive temple structures and unique Great Enclosure associated with the Kingdom of Meroë.
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C.
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim is an important archaeological site in southern Egypt, known for its well-preserved remains spanning Pharaonic, Roman, Christian, and Islamic periods.
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D.
Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis was a major Predynastic and Early Dynastic urban and religious center in Upper Egypt, known as one of the earliest capitals and power bases of the emerging Egyptian state.
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E.
Behbeit el-Hagar
Behbeit el-Hagar is an ancient Egyptian archaeological site in the Nile Delta known for the remains of a major temple complex dedicated to the goddess Isis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city mound
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ tell ⓘ |
| archaeologicalMethod | stratigraphic excavation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sumer ⓘ |
| chronologyNote | occupation from 4th millennium BCE to 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| contains |
Ziggurat of Ur
ⓘ
residential quarters of Ur ⓘ royal tombs of Ur ⓘ temple precincts of Ur ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| distanceToNasiriyah | approximately 16 kilometers ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Leonard Woolley
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Leonard Woolley
|
| excavationEnd | 1934 ⓘ |
| excavationSponsor |
British Museum
ⓘ
Penn Museum ⓘ
surface form:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
|
| excavationStart | 1922 ⓘ |
| governedAncientCity | Ur ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPeriod |
Akkadian period
ⓘ
Early Bronze Age ⓘ Ur III period ⓘ |
| hasCivilization |
Sumer
ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian civilization
|
| hasDiscovery |
Ram in a Thicket figurines
ⓘ
Royal Tombs of Ur ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Cemetery of Ur
Standard of Ur ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ cylinder seals ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
city walls remains
ⓘ
massive mudbrick architecture ⓘ palatial complexes remains ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important Mesopotamian archaeological heritage site ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Tell al-Muqayir
ⓘ
Tell el-Muqayyar ⓘ
surface form:
Tell al-Muqayyar
Tell el-Muqayyar ⓘ
surface form:
Tell el-Muqayir
Tell el-Muqayyar ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dhi Qar Governorate
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ southern Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
Nasiriyah ⓘ |
| marksSiteOf | Ur ⓘ |
| materialCulture | Sumerian material culture ⓘ |
| modernNameOf | Ur ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Mesopotamia
|
| religiousAssociation | city of the moon-god Nanna (Sin) ⓘ |
| significance |
major Sumerian city site
ⓘ
one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| urbanType | planned city mound ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tell el-Muqayyar Description of subject: Tell el-Muqayyar is the modern archaeological mound in southern Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar)
this entity surface form:
Tell el-Muqayyar archaeological site
this entity surface form:
Tell al-Muqayyar
this entity surface form:
Tell el-Muqayir
subject surface form:
Ur