Tašrītu
E389330
Tašrītu is an alternative transliteration of the Akkadian month name Tashritu, associated with the beginning of the year in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3787564 — 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: Tašrītu Context triple: [Tashritu, hasAlternativeTransliteration, Tašrītu]
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A.
Shivta
Shivta is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert city in Israel, known for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and role along historic trade routes.
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B.
Tajewala
Tajewala is a village in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India, historically known for the Tajewala Barrage on the Yamuna River, which was later replaced by the nearby Hathni Kund Barrage.
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C.
Timbiša
Timbiša is a Native American language of the Timbisha Shoshone people, traditionally spoken in the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
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D.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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E.
Barshaini
Barshaini is a small Himalayan village in Himachal Pradesh, India, that serves as a popular base and trailhead for treks into the Parvati Valley and surrounding high-altitude landscapes.
- 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: Tašrītu Target entity description: Tašrītu is an alternative transliteration of the Akkadian month name Tashritu, associated with the beginning of the year in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar.
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A.
Shivta
Shivta is an ancient Nabatean and Byzantine desert city in Israel, known for its remarkably well-preserved ruins and role along historic trade routes.
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B.
Tajewala
Tajewala is a village in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India, historically known for the Tajewala Barrage on the Yamuna River, which was later replaced by the nearby Hathni Kund Barrage.
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C.
Timbiša
Timbiša is a Native American language of the Timbisha Shoshone people, traditionally spoken in the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
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D.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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E.
Barshaini
Barshaini is a small Himalayan village in Himachal Pradesh, India, that serves as a popular base and trailhead for treks into the Parvati Valley and surrounding high-altitude landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Akkadian month name
ⓘ
calendar month ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliterationOf |
Tashrītu
ⓘ
surface form:
Tashritu
Tašrītu (Tashrītu) ⓘ |
| associatedWith | beginning of the year ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Babylon ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Marduk ⓘ |
| calendarFunction |
marks start of regnal year in some Mesopotamian traditions
ⓘ
used for dating legal and administrative documents ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| correspondsRoughlyTo | September–October ⓘ |
| culture |
Assyria
ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Mesopotamia
|
| etymologyRelatedTo | Akkadian verb šurrû (to begin, to start) ⓘ |
| follows | Ulūlu ⓘ |
| hasFestival | akītu (New Year festival) ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| partOf | Akkadian month sequence ⓘ |
| positionInYear | seventh month ⓘ |
| precedes | Araḫsamna ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
1st millennium BCE
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2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| transliterationStandard | scientific Assyriological transliteration ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
Tašrītu
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tašritu
Tašrītu ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assyrian calendar
ⓘ
Babylonian calendar ⓘ Mesopotamian calendar ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tašrītu Description of subject: Tašrītu is an alternative transliteration of the Akkadian month name Tashritu, associated with the beginning of the year in the ancient Mesopotamian calendar.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tashritu
this entity surface form:
Tašritu