Tello Obelisk
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The Tello Obelisk is a monumental carved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, notable for its intricate iconography depicting mythological beings and complex religious symbolism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tello Obelisk canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3023736 — 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: Tello Obelisk Context triple: [Chavín de Huántar, hasArtifact, Tello Obelisk]
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A.
Kagul Obelisk
Kagul Obelisk is a commemorative monument in Saint Petersburg dedicated to the Russian victory at the Battle of Kagul during the Russo-Turkish War.
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B.
Temple of the Obelisks
The Temple of the Obelisks is an ancient Bronze Age sanctuary at Byblos in modern-day Lebanon, notable for its numerous standing stone obelisks and rich archaeological finds.
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C.
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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D.
Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is an ancient Egyptian monument on the island of Philae whose bilingual inscriptions were crucial in helping scholars decipher hieroglyphs.
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E.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
- 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: Tello Obelisk Target entity description: The Tello Obelisk is a monumental carved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, notable for its intricate iconography depicting mythological beings and complex religious symbolism.
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A.
Kagul Obelisk
Kagul Obelisk is a commemorative monument in Saint Petersburg dedicated to the Russian victory at the Battle of Kagul during the Russo-Turkish War.
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B.
Temple of the Obelisks
The Temple of the Obelisks is an ancient Bronze Age sanctuary at Byblos in modern-day Lebanon, notable for its numerous standing stone obelisks and rich archaeological finds.
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C.
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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D.
Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is an ancient Egyptian monument on the island of Philae whose bilingual inscriptions were crucial in helping scholars decipher hieroglyphs.
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E.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chavín stone monument
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archaeological artifact ⓘ monolith ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artPeriod | Early Horizon ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Chavín culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín style
|
| associatedReligion | Andean religion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chavín de Huántar
ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín de Huántar temple complex
Chavín culture ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín priesthood
|
| carvingTechnique | low-relief carving ⓘ |
| civilization |
Chavín culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chavín
|
| conservationStatus | preserved in museum ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| culture | Chavín culture ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru
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surface form:
Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
|
| depicts |
agricultural products
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birds ⓘ complex religious symbolism ⓘ composite animals ⓘ crocodilian or caiman-like creatures ⓘ felines ⓘ mythological beings ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Julio C. Tello ⓘ |
| discoverySite |
Chavín de Huántar
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surface form:
Temple area of Chavín de Huántar
|
| estimatedDate | circa 800–500 BCE ⓘ |
| function |
religious monument
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ritual object ⓘ |
| hasIconography | yes ⓘ |
| hasInscriptions | no alphabetic inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no alphabetic writing ⓘ |
| height | approximately 2.5 metres ⓘ |
| iconographicComplexity | high ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
fertility
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transformational beings ⓘ water and agriculture ⓘ |
| locationFound | Chavín de Huántar ⓘ |
| material |
granite
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stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Julio C. Tello ⓘ |
| orientation | carved on multiple sides ⓘ |
| partOf | Chavín monumental sculpture corpus ⓘ |
| region | Ancash Region ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
the Lanzón monolith
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surface form:
Lanzón monolith
Raimondi Stela ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular monolith ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for understanding Chavín cosmology
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key example of Chavín religious iconography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Tello Obelisk Description of subject: The Tello Obelisk is a monumental carved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, notable for its intricate iconography depicting mythological beings and complex religious symbolism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chavín de Huántar