Cippus Abellanus
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Cippus Abellanus is an ancient stone inscription from southern Italy, written in the Oscan language and valued as a key source for understanding the culture and legal practices of the Samnite people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cippus Abellanus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T339720 — 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: Cippus Abellanus Context triple: [Oscan language, notableInscription, Cippus Abellanus]
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A.
Cippus Perusinus
Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet from ancient Perugia bearing one of the longest known Etruscan inscriptions, important for understanding Etruscan language and law.
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B.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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C.
Labarum
The Labarum is an early Christian military standard bearing the Chi-Rho symbol, famously associated with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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D.
Caprile
Caprile is a surname associated with the architectural firm Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects.
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E.
Pompey’s Pillar
Pompey’s Pillar is a massive Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, and one of the city’s most famous surviving ancient monuments.
- 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: Cippus Abellanus Target entity description: Cippus Abellanus is an ancient stone inscription from southern Italy, written in the Oscan language and valued as a key source for understanding the culture and legal practices of the Samnite people.
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A.
Cippus Perusinus
Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet from ancient Perugia bearing one of the longest known Etruscan inscriptions, important for understanding Etruscan language and law.
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B.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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C.
Labarum
The Labarum is an early Christian military standard bearing the Chi-Rho symbol, famously associated with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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D.
Caprile
Caprile is a surname associated with the architectural firm Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects.
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E.
Pompey’s Pillar
Pompey’s Pillar is a massive Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, and one of the city’s most famous surviving ancient monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oscan inscription
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ancient stone inscription ⓘ epigraphic monument ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Samnites ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Samnite people ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | before full Romanization of Campania ⓘ |
| countryOfCurrentLocation | Italy ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
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surface form:
Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Napoli
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| dateApproximate |
2nd century BCE
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Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| describes |
cultural practices of the Samnites
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legal practices of the Samnites ⓘ |
| epigraphicNumbering | Rix: Abellano 1 ⓘ |
| foundInRegion | Campania ⓘ |
| foundNear |
Abella
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modern Avella ⓘ |
| genre |
boundary agreement
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legal inscription ⓘ |
| hasTwoMainFaces | true ⓘ |
| importance |
key source for Samnite legal institutions
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key source for the Oscan language ⓘ major document for Italic epigraphy ⓘ |
| inscriptionLayout | text on two sides of a cippus ⓘ |
| inscriptionMedium | stone ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | public legal text ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sabellian languages ⓘ |
| locatedInThePastIn |
Southern Italy
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surface form:
southern Italy
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| mainTheme |
boundary regulation
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regulation of sanctuary land ⓘ rights and obligations of neighboring communities ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| mentions |
communities of Abella and Nola
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sanctuary of Herentas ⓘ |
| regionContext | pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Italic legal traditions
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Samnite law ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Tabula Bantina
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surface form:
Tabula Agnonensis
Tabula Bantina ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | boustrophedon ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
ancient history
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classical philology ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Oscan alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily |
Old Italic script
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surface form:
Old Italic scripts
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| writtenInLanguage | Oscan language ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Cippus Abellanus Description of subject: Cippus Abellanus is an ancient stone inscription from southern Italy, written in the Oscan language and valued as a key source for understanding the culture and legal practices of the Samnite people.
Referenced by (5)
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