Esagila
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Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Esagila canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5935069 — 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: Esagila Context triple: [Bel, temple, Esagila]
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Nergal-šarra-uṣur
Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
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C.
Borsippa
Borsippa was an important ancient Mesopotamian city near Babylon, known especially for its prominent temple and ziggurat dedicated to the god Nabu.
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D.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Adad-happe
Adad-happe was a Neo-Babylonian queen, known primarily as the wife of King Nabopolassar and mother of his royal heirs.
- 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: Esagila Target entity description: Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
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A.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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B.
Nergal-šarra-uṣur
Nergal-šarra-uṣur, better known by the Hellenized form Neriglissar, was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who seized the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and ruled for a brief period marked by building projects and regional campaigns.
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C.
Borsippa
Borsippa was an important ancient Mesopotamian city near Babylon, known especially for its prominent temple and ziggurat dedicated to the god Nabu.
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D.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk was a short-reigning Neo-Babylonian king, likely the son of Neriglissar, who was overthrown in a conspiracy soon after ascending the throne in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Adad-happe
Adad-happe was a Neo-Babylonian queen, known primarily as the wife of King Nabopolassar and mother of his royal heirs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marduk temple
ⓘ
religious building ⓘ temple complex ⓘ |
| architecturalType | temple precinct ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Marduk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedKing | Nebuchadnezzar II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCityGod | Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityRole | cult center of Babylon ⓘ |
| civilization | Mesopotamian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
sanctuary of Marduk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shrines of other deities ⓘ |
| culture | Babylonian ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
major religious center ⓘ principal temple of Marduk in Babylon ⓘ |
| governingCity | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
courtyards
ⓘ
gateways ⓘ inner sanctuaries ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Achaemenid period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Babylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
baked brick
ⓘ
bitumen ⓘ mudbrick ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | “House whose top is raised” ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource |
Babylonian ritual texts
ⓘ
Esagila tablet NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Greek authors ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure | Etemenanki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | religious complex of Babylon ⓘ |
| politicalRole | site of royal legitimation rituals ⓘ |
| region | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | chief temple of Babylon ⓘ |
| ritualRole |
New Year festival ceremonies
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processions of Marduk’s statue ⓘ |
| UNESCOContext | within the archaeological site of Babylon ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Esagila Description of subject: Esagila was the principal temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk in ancient Babylon, serving as a major religious and ceremonial center of Mesopotamia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.