The Treasury
E387086
The Treasury is an iconic rock-cut temple façade in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic architecture carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Treasury canonical | 3 |
| Outer Treasury | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3772194 — 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.
Target entity: The Treasury Context triple: [Petra, knownFor, The Treasury]
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A.
Treasury
The Treasury is the Isle of Man government department responsible for managing public finances, including taxation, budgeting, and economic policy.
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B.
Treasury
The Treasury is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and overseeing public finance, economic policy, and taxation.
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C.
Register of the Treasury
The Register of the Treasury was a key early U.S. Treasury Department official responsible for maintaining federal financial records, including public accounts, debt registers, and the issuance and recording of government securities.
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D.
Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
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E.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Treasury Target entity description: The Treasury is an iconic rock-cut temple façade in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic architecture carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
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A.
Treasury
The Treasury is the Isle of Man government department responsible for managing public finances, including taxation, budgeting, and economic policy.
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B.
Treasury
The Treasury is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and overseeing public finance, economic policy, and taxation.
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C.
Register of the Treasury
The Register of the Treasury was a key early U.S. Treasury Department official responsible for maintaining federal financial records, including public accounts, debt registers, and the issuance and recording of government securities.
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D.
Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
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E.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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rock-cut monument ⓘ temple façade ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
Petra
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surface form:
Siq (Petra)
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| alsoKnownAs |
Al-Khazneh (The Treasury)
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surface form:
Al-Khazneh
Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) ⓘ
surface form:
The Treasury at Petra
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| approximateDate | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Hellenistic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedLegend | treasure hidden in the urn ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Nabataean
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surface form:
Nabataeans
|
| carvedInto | sandstone cliff ⓘ |
| conservationIssue |
damage from weathering and tourism
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erosion of sandstone ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Jordan ⓘ |
| culture | Nabataean ⓘ |
| decorativeInfluence |
Hellenistic architecture
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surface form:
Greek architecture
Near Eastern traditions ⓘ Roman architecture ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 800 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| façadeHeight | approximately 39 meters ⓘ |
| façadeWidth | approximately 25 meters ⓘ |
| feature |
Corinthian columns
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broken pediments ⓘ central tholos ⓘ elaborate sculptural decoration ⓘ two-story façade ⓘ urn crowning the central tholos ⓘ |
| featuredIn | popular films ⓘ |
| featuredOn | Jordanian tourism materials ⓘ |
| function |
monumental tomb
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royal mausoleum ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf |
Petra
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra
|
| inscriptionStatus | no major inscriptions on façade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ma’an Governorate
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surface form:
Ma'an Governorate
Petra ⓘ |
| materialUsed | rose-red sandstone ⓘ |
| nativeName | الخزنة ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Royal Tombs (Petra)
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Petra ⓘ
surface form:
Street of Facades (Petra)
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| partOf |
Petra
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surface form:
ancient city of Petra
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| positionInSite | at the end of the Siq gorge ⓘ |
| significance |
one of Jordan's most famous landmarks
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symbol of Petra ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
photography spot
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viewed from ground-level plaza ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1985 (as part of Petra) ⓘ |
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Subject: The Treasury Description of subject: The Treasury is an iconic rock-cut temple façade in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic architecture carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
Referenced by (4)
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