Raimondi Stela
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The Raimondi Stela is a famous engraved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, renowned for its complex, transformative depiction of a staff-bearing deity central to Chavín religious iconography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raimondi Stela canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3023735 — 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: Raimondi Stela Context triple: [Chavín de Huántar, hasArtifact, Raimondi Stela]
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A.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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B.
Macuteo Obelisk
The Macuteo Obelisk is an ancient Egyptian obelisk now standing atop the fountain in Rome’s Piazza della Rotonda, directly in front of the Pantheon.
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C.
Palermo Stone
Palermo Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with one of the earliest known royal annals, documenting the reigns and major events of early Egyptian kings.
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D.
Lemnian stele
The Lemnian stele is an ancient inscribed stone slab discovered on the island of Lemnos that bears one of the few known texts in the extinct Lemnian language, closely related to Etruscan.
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E.
Motya Charioteer statue
The Motya Charioteer statue is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek marble sculpture, celebrated for its dynamic depiction of a victorious charioteer and its refined Classical style.
- 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: Raimondi Stela Target entity description: The Raimondi Stela is a famous engraved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, renowned for its complex, transformative depiction of a staff-bearing deity central to Chavín religious iconography.
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A.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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B.
Macuteo Obelisk
The Macuteo Obelisk is an ancient Egyptian obelisk now standing atop the fountain in Rome’s Piazza della Rotonda, directly in front of the Pantheon.
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C.
Palermo Stone
Palermo Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with one of the earliest known royal annals, documenting the reigns and major events of early Egyptian kings.
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D.
Lemnian stele
The Lemnian stele is an ancient inscribed stone slab discovered on the island of Lemnos that bears one of the few known texts in the extinct Lemnian language, closely related to Etruscan.
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E.
Motya Charioteer statue
The Motya Charioteer statue is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek marble sculpture, celebrated for its dynamic depiction of a victorious charioteer and its refined Classical style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chavín art
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archaeological artifact ⓘ monolith ⓘ stone stela ⓘ |
| approximateDate | circa 800–500 BCE ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Andean religious art
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Chavín culture ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín style
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| associatedReligion | Andean religion ⓘ |
| associatedSite | Chavín de Huántar ⓘ |
| civilization |
Chavín culture
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surface form:
ancient Peru
|
| collection |
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru
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surface form:
Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
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| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
canonical representation of the Chavín Staff God
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important source for understanding Chavín cosmology ⓘ key example of Chavín religious iconography ⓘ |
| culture | Chavín culture ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Lima
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Peru ⓘ |
| depicts |
Chavín Staff God
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staff-bearing deity ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Antonio Raimondi ⓘ |
| discoveryCountry | Peru ⓘ |
| function |
religious monument
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ritual object ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
avian elements
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feline features ⓘ serpent motifs ⓘ |
| height |
about 1.98 metres
ⓘ
about 6.5 feet ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
complex interlaced motifs
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elaborate headdress ⓘ fanged deity ⓘ staffs in both hands ⓘ transformational imagery ⓘ upturned fangs ⓘ |
| material |
granite
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stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antonio Raimondi ⓘ |
| orientationProperty | designed to be read in multiple orientations ⓘ |
| period | Early Horizon ⓘ |
| region | Andes ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Chavín culture
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surface form:
Chavín religion
|
| technique |
incised carving
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low relief engraving ⓘ |
| thickness |
about 17 centimetres
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about 6.7 inches ⓘ |
| visualEffect |
ambiguous figure-ground relationships
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image inversion when rotated 180 degrees ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 300 kilograms ⓘ |
| width |
about 29 inches
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about 74 centimetres ⓘ |
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Subject: Raimondi Stela Description of subject: The Raimondi Stela is a famous engraved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, renowned for its complex, transformative depiction of a staff-bearing deity central to Chavín religious iconography.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chavín de Huántar