Nergal-šarra-uṣur
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Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neriglissar | 4 |
| Nergal-šarra-uṣur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3330258 — 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: Nergal-šarra-uṣur Context triple: [Neriglissar, alternativeName, Nergal-šarra-uṣur]
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Enmerkar
Enmerkar is a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk, best known from ancient Mesopotamian epics that depict his rivalries, quests, and early developments in writing and civilization.
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C.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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D.
Ninurta
Ninurta is a Mesopotamian god associated with war, hunting, and agriculture, often depicted as a heroic warrior and champion of the god Enlil.
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E.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
- 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: Nergal-šarra-uṣur Target entity description: Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Enmerkar
Enmerkar is a legendary Sumerian king of Uruk, best known from ancient Mesopotamian epics that depict his rivalries, quests, and early developments in writing and civilization.
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C.
Eannatum
Eannatum was an early Sumerian king of Lagash known for his military conquests and one of the earliest recorded empires in Mesopotamian history.
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D.
Ninurta
Ninurta is a Mesopotamian god associated with war, hunting, and agriculture, often depicted as a heroic warrior and champion of the god Enlil.
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E.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Babylonian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| activityEnd | mid 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| activityStart | late 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Neriglissar
ⓘ
surface form:
Nergal-sharezer
Nergal-šarra-uṣur ⓘ
surface form:
Neriglissar
|
| attestedIn |
Babylonian king lists
ⓘ
classical sources using the form Neriglissar ⓘ cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| capital | Babylon ⓘ |
| country | Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylon (probable)
|
| dynasty | Chaldean dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Chaldeans
ⓘ
surface form:
Chaldean
|
| father | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governmentForm | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| house |
House of Nebuchadnezzar
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Nabopolassar
|
| knownFor |
building projects in Babylon
ⓘ
military campaigns in the Levant ⓘ seizing the Babylonian throne in a coup ⓘ short reign over the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | overthrow of Amel-Marduk ⓘ |
| notableWork | construction and restoration works in Babylon ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Babylon ⓘ |
| predecessor | Amel-Marduk ⓘ |
| realm |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| reignEnd | 556 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 560 BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Babylonian polytheism
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian religion
|
| residence | Babylon ⓘ |
| spouse | Kashshaya ⓘ |
| successor |
Labashi-Marduk
ⓘ
surface form:
Labaši-Marduk
|
| title |
King of Sumer and Akkad
ⓘ
King of the Universe ⓘ |
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: Nergal-šarra-uṣur Description of subject: Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neriglissar
this entity surface form:
Neriglissar
this entity surface form:
Neriglissar
this entity surface form:
Neriglissar