Piedra del Sol
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Piedra del Sol is a monumental Aztec basalt sculpture, often called the Aztec Sun Stone, renowned for its intricate calendrical and cosmological carvings.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aztec calendar stone | 3 |
| Piedra del Sol canonical | 2 |
| Aztec Sun Stone | 1 |
| Aztec solar calendar | 1 |
| Sun Stone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404453 — 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: Piedra del Sol Context triple: [National Museum of Anthropology, hasPart, Piedra del Sol]
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A.
Templo Mayor
Templo Mayor was the main Aztec temple complex in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, serving as a central religious and ceremonial center of the Mexica empire.
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B.
Tepeyac Hill
Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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C.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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D.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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E.
Great Pyramid of Cholula
The Great Pyramid of Cholula is an ancient Mesoamerican temple complex in central Mexico, notable for being the largest pyramid in the world by volume and a major pre-Hispanic religious center.
- 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: Piedra del Sol Target entity description: Piedra del Sol is a monumental Aztec basalt sculpture, often called the Aztec Sun Stone, renowned for its intricate calendrical and cosmological carvings.
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A.
Templo Mayor
Templo Mayor was the main Aztec temple complex in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, serving as a central religious and ceremonial center of the Mexica empire.
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B.
Tepeyac Hill
Tepeyac Hill is a historic religious site in northern Mexico City, revered as the place where the Virgin of Guadalupe is believed to have appeared and now home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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C.
Monte Albán
Monte Albán is an ancient Zapotec archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as one of the earliest and most important urban centers in Mesoamerican history.
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D.
Chichén Itzá
Chichén Itzá is a renowned ancient Maya city in Mexico famous for its monumental pyramid El Castillo and its role as a major political, religious, and cultural center in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.
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E.
Great Pyramid of Cholula
The Great Pyramid of Cholula is an ancient Mesoamerican temple complex in central Mexico, notable for being the largest pyramid in the world by volume and a major pre-Hispanic religious center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec sculpture
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Mesoamerican monument ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ monolithic sculpture ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Piedra del Sol
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surface form:
Aztec Sun Stone
Stone of the Five Eras ⓘ |
| artStyle | Aztec monumental art ⓘ |
| associatedRuler | Moctezuma II ⓘ |
| city | Mexico City ⓘ |
| civilization | Mexica ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec civilization
|
| dateOfCreation |
circa 1502–1521
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early 16th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1790 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Four previous cosmic eras
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Huitzilopochtli ⓘ
surface form:
Tonatiuh
xiuhcoatl ⓘ
surface form:
Xiuhcoatl (fire serpents)
|
| diameter | about 3.6 meters ⓘ |
| discoveredDuring | repaving of Mexico City’s main square in 1790 ⓘ |
| featuredOn | Mexican currency (historical issues) ⓘ |
| function |
calendrical reference
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cosmological representation ⓘ ritual and symbolic monument ⓘ |
| height | about 3.6 meters in diameter ⓘ |
| heritage | Mexican national symbol ⓘ |
| iconography |
20 day signs of the Aztec calendar
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central face often identified as Tonatiuh ⓘ four previous suns (eras) around central face ⓘ solar rays and fire serpents ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Mexican national identity ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | calendrical symbols ⓘ |
| location |
National Museum of Anthropology
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surface form:
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
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| material | basalt ⓘ |
| museumCollection |
National Museum of Anthropology
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surface form:
National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
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| originalLocation |
Templo Mayor
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surface form:
Templo Mayor precinct, Tenochtitlan
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| period | Late Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery |
Plaza Mayor, Mexico City
ⓘ
Zócalo ⓘ
surface form:
Zócalo, Mexico City
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| region | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive archaeological research
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iconographic and calendrical debates ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmology
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sun worship ⓘ time and calendar ⓘ |
| thickness | about 1.2 meters ⓘ |
| weight | about 24 metric tons ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Aztec pictographic symbols ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Piedra del Sol Description of subject: Piedra del Sol is a monumental Aztec basalt sculpture, often called the Aztec Sun Stone, renowned for its intricate calendrical and cosmological carvings.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aztec calendar stone
this entity surface form:
Aztec calendar stone
this entity surface form:
Aztec Sun Stone
this entity surface form:
Aztec solar calendar
this entity surface form:
Sun Stone
this entity surface form:
Aztec calendar stone