Mastaba 17 at Meidum
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Mastaba 17 at Meidum is an Old Kingdom elite tomb near the Meidum Pyramid, notable for its early monumental stone construction and association with the royal necropolis of that site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mastaba 16 at Meidum | 1 |
| Mastaba 17 at Meidum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3526924 — 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: Mastaba 17 at Meidum Context triple: [Meidum Pyramid, associatedWith, Mastaba 17 at Meidum]
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Mastaba of Ti
The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
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B.
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian royal pyramid at Saqqara, renowned as the earliest monument inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells.
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C.
Lahun Pyramid
The Lahun Pyramid is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pyramid built by Pharaoh Senusret II, notable for its mudbrick core, complex substructure, and association with the nearby workers’ town at el-Lahun.
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D.
Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
The Pyramid of Sekhemkhet is an unfinished Third Dynasty step pyramid complex in Saqqara, Egypt, attributed to the pharaoh Sekhemkhet and notable for its buried structure and early Old Kingdom architecture.
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E.
Pyramid of Teti
The Pyramid of Teti is the ruined Old Kingdom pyramid complex of Pharaoh Teti, first king of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, located in the Saqqara necropolis and notable for its early Pyramid Texts.
- 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: Mastaba 17 at Meidum Target entity description: Mastaba 17 at Meidum is an Old Kingdom elite tomb near the Meidum Pyramid, notable for its early monumental stone construction and association with the royal necropolis of that site.
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A.
Mastaba of Ti
The Mastaba of Ti is an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and detailed reliefs depicting daily life in ancient Egypt.
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B.
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian royal pyramid at Saqqara, renowned as the earliest monument inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious spells.
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C.
Lahun Pyramid
The Lahun Pyramid is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pyramid built by Pharaoh Senusret II, notable for its mudbrick core, complex substructure, and association with the nearby workers’ town at el-Lahun.
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D.
Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
The Pyramid of Sekhemkhet is an unfinished Third Dynasty step pyramid complex in Saqqara, Egypt, attributed to the pharaoh Sekhemkhet and notable for its buried structure and early Old Kingdom architecture.
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E.
Pyramid of Teti
The Pyramid of Teti is the ruined Old Kingdom pyramid complex of Pharaoh Teti, first king of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, located in the Saqqara necropolis and notable for its early Pyramid Texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Kingdom tomb
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mastaba tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
development of stone funerary architecture in Egypt
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royal court of the Old Kingdom ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Ancient Egyptian tombs
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Old Kingdom architecture ⓘ archaeological sites in Egypt ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| constructionType | monumental stone construction ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| function | elite tomb ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
offering chapel
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shaft leading to burial chamber ⓘ subterranean burial chambers ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalForm | rectangular superstructure ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
early example of large-scale stone mastaba
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part of the Meidum royal necropolis complex ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Meidum Pyramid
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surface form:
Meidum necropolis
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| locatedNear | Meidum Pyramid ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Faiyum Oasis
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surface form:
Faiyum region
village of Meidum ⓘ |
| partOf | royal necropolis of Meidum ⓘ |
| period | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| relativeDating | early phase of Old Kingdom monumental tomb building ⓘ |
| siteType | elite cemetery monument ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mastaba 17 at Meidum Description of subject: Mastaba 17 at Meidum is an Old Kingdom elite tomb near the Meidum Pyramid, notable for its early monumental stone construction and association with the royal necropolis of that site.
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Mastaba 16 at Meidum